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From: Corbin Bird <corbinbird@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux error messages trying to mimic w*nd*ws ?
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:56:21
Message-Id: 587511E3.207@charter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux error messages trying to mimic w*nd*ws ? by Meino.Cramer@gmx.de
1 On 01/09/2017 10:15 PM, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > Corbin Bird <corbinbird@×××××××.net> [17-01-10 05:12]:
3 >> On 01/09/2017 02:11 PM, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
4 >>> Hi,
5 >>>
6 >>> I want to burn an iso image onto a rewritable
7 >>> CD (CD-RW) with k3b.
8 >>>
9 >>> I loaded the empty CDRW medium into the burner.
10 >>>
11 >>> I started k3b.
12 >>>
13 >>> Top left it says:
14 >>>
15 >>> "Empty CDRW-medium"
16 >>>
17 >>> I pressed "Burn ISO".
18 >>>
19 >>> A dialog pops up, asking for a ISO image
20 >>> which did select.
21 >>>
22 >>> Then it calculates the Hash and asked
23 >>> me "Please insert an empty medium"
24 >>>
25 >>> "Okay", I thought, "may erasing helps!"
26 >>>
27 >>> I choosed "Erase CDRW". A dialog pops
28 >>> up and offers "Start", which I pressed.
29 >>>
30 >>> Instantly another error dialog pop up, which
31 >>> seems to be presented by another, foreign
32 >>> OS...it looks so familiar, saying:
33 >>>
34 >>> "Found medium: Empty CD-RW medium
35 >>> Please insert rewritable CD medium into drive."
36 >>>
37 >>> Lost?
38 >>>
39 >>> What went so badly here?
40 >>>
41 >>> Cheers
42 >>> Meino
43 >>>
44 >>>
45 >>>
46 >>>
47 >>>
48 >> Question for you :
49 >>
50 >> Did you format the CD-RW media first? ( Yes, it must be formatted before
51 >> anything gets written. )
52 >>
53 >>
54 >>
55 >>
56 > Answer for you:
57 > Yes
58 >
59 >
60 >
61 >
62
63 You would not believe how many do NOT know to do that first. :)
64
65 That screwy error you got can very easily be from hardware not properly
66 setting up.
67
68 If you are willing to troubleshoot, there are some things to check.
69
70 First check ... in the dmesg log, does the kernel see the burner?
71 ( it seems the SFF / ATAPI devices can have problems,
72 with having to go communicate through the kernels ahci layer )
73
74 sample from my dmesg log :
75
76 [ 2.027722] ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
77 [ 2.031197] ata4: FORCE: cable set to sata
78 [ 2.031332] ata4.00: FORCE: horkage modified (noncq)
79 [ 2.031459] ata4.00: FORCE: horkage modified (atapi_dmadir)
80 [ 2.031576] ata4.00: ATAPI: PIONEER BD-RW BDR-208M, 1.50, max
81 UDMA/100, DMADIR
82 [ 2.035319] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/100
83 [ 2.046988] scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM PIONEER BD-RW BDR-208M
84 1.50 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
85 [ 2.089230] sr 4:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 125x/125x writer
86 dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
87 [ 2.089422] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
88 [ 2.089656] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
89 [ 2.089723] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5
90
91 NOTE : this is a BD-RW drive. The kernel has to be forced to recognize it.
92 The kernel parameter : libata.force=4.00:sata,1.5,noncq,atapi_dmadir
93
94 The reason I ask, is that if the kernel can't or hasn't recognized it,
95 the wrong command sets are used.
96
97 Hope this helps.