Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Mariusz Pękala" <skoot@××.pl>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] CD/DVD/R/RW-manufacturer - HOWTO identify?
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:19:15
Message-Id: 20060218180028.GA24721@cthulhu.sdi.tpnet.pl
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] [OT] CD/DVD/R/RW-manufacturer - HOWTO identify? by Andrew Gaydenko
1 On 2006-02-18 20:25:58 +0300 (Sat, Feb), Andrew Gaydenko wrote:
2 > Hi!
3 >
4 > Is there a tool to identify a CD/DVD/R/RW-manufacturer?
5
6 The only one I found so far is:
7
8 cdrecord -dummy -v dev=/dev/cdrw /dev/null
9
10 but it does not work on non-writers, and I havent looked for such tool
11 too hard :-)
12
13 Example:
14 [..]
15 ATIP info from disk:
16 Indicated writing power: 5
17 Is not unrestricted
18 Is not erasable
19 Disk sub type: Medium Type B, low Beta category (B-) (4)
20 ATIP start of lead in: -12488 (97:15/37)
21 ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74)
22 Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar)
23 Manuf. index: 70
24 Manufacturer: NAN-YA Plastics Corporation
25 Manufacturer is guessed because of the orange forum embargo.
26 The orange forum likes to get money for recent information.
27 The information for this media may not be correct.
28 [..]
29
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