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From: Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] CD/DVD/R/RW-manufacturer - HOWTO identify?
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:51:00
Message-Id: 200602181900.15123.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] [OT] CD/DVD/R/RW-manufacturer - HOWTO identify? by Andrew Gaydenko
1 On Saturday 18 February 2006 18:25, Andrew Gaydenko wrote:
2
3 > Hi!
4 >
5 > Is there a tool to identify a CD/DVD/R/RW-manufacturer?
6
7 Cdrecord tries to detect the disk manufacturer at the beginning of the
8 write process. Look for cdrecord output messages. Here is an example
9 using a TDK blank CD (your messages may be different, of course):
10
11 ...
12 ATIP info from disk:
13 Indicated writing power: 5
14 Is not unrestricted
15 Is not erasable
16 Disk sub type: Medium Type B, low Beta category (B-) (4)
17 ATIP start of lead in: -12369 (97:17/06)
18 ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74)
19 Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar)
20 Manuf. index: 69
21 Manufacturer: Moser Baer India Limited
22 Manufacturer is guessed because of the orange forum embargo.
23 The orange forum likes to get money for recent information.
24 The information for this media may not be correct.
25 ...
26
27 --
28 cat /dev/urandom > /tmp/life
29 --
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