Hi, I bought recently a dvd recorder, an LG GSA-4160B model (16X Super Multi DVD Rewriter, double layer, all DVD formats, it claims). Well, using xcdroast simulation mode the dvd is writen, not simulated. I don't know if it is a sofware problem, or hardware. I just report it here so that people can check it. I tried twice, to make sure I had made no mistake. Also xcdroast says that only DAO mode is supported. Versions: Stock SuSE 9.1, with YOU recomended patches. cdrecord-2.01a27-21 xcdroast-0.98alpha15-25 LOG: ------------ Calling: /usr/X11R6/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin/xcdrwrap CDRECORD dev= "ATA:1,0,0" gracetime=2 fs=16384k driveropts=burnfree -v -useinfo speed=4 -dao -dummy -eject -pad -data "/nuevo/dvd_data.iso" ... cdrecord: Warning: not running as root user, fs= option ignored. scsidev: 'ATA:1,0,0' devname: 'ATA' scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (okir@suse.de-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.80-resmgr-patch '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.80 04/03/08 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling'). SCSI buffer size: 64512 cdrecord: Found DVD media: using cdr_mdvd. Cdrecord-Clone-dvd 2.01a27 (i686-suse-linux) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to http://www.suse.de/feedback Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. Driveropts: 'burnfree' atapi: -1 Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'HL-DT-ST' Identifikation : 'DVDRAM GSA-4160B' Revision : 'A300' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. Current: 0x0011 Profile: 0x0012 Profile: 0x0011 (current) Profile: 0x0014 Profile: 0x0013 Profile: 0x001A Profile: 0x001B Profile: 0x002B Profile: 0x0010 Profile: 0x0009 Profile: 0x000A Profile: 0x0008 Profile: 0x0002 Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: PACKET SAO Drive buf size : 1114112 = 1088 KB FIFO size : 16777216 = 16384 KB pregap1: -1 Track 01: data 4051 MB padsize: 30 KB Total size: 4652 MB (460:58.33) = 2074375 sectors Lout start: 4653 MB (461:00/25) = 2074375 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 ATIP start of lead in: -150 (00:00/00) Disk type: unknown dye (reserved id code) Manuf. index: -1 Manufacturer: unknown (not in table) Blocks total: 2298496 Blocks current: 2298496 Blocks remaining: 224121 Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4.0 in dummy SAO mode for single session. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... cdrecord: Turning BURN-Free on input buffer ready. trackno=0 cdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0) using -150 BURN-Free is ON. Turning BURN-Free off BURN-Free is OFF. Sending CUE sheet... Starting new track at sector: 0 Track 01: writing 30 KB of pad data. Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 4248289280/4248320000 (2074375 sectors). Writing time: 810.214s Average write speed 3.8x. Min drive buffer fill was 18% Fixating... WARNING: Some drives don't like fixation in dummy mode. Fixating time: 34.258s cdrecord: fifo had 66915 puts and 66915 gets. cdrecord: fifo was 64 times empty and 22399 times full, min fill was 0%. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson