[ltp] CD-RW on T30 won't write: Input-output error

[Whil Hentzen]

Yup, I read CDs off this drive all the time.

> I had a bad drive in my A22p which would not write a complete disk.  
> Will the drive read a disk?  This drive that I had was damaged and IBM 
> gladly replaced it under warranty.
> 
> James McKenzie
> 
> 
> Whil Hentzen wrote:
> 
> >Hi folks,
> >
> >I have a T30 with a stock CD-RW that I've just started trying to use,
> >and have not been able to write to a CD yet.
> >
> >I just bought a brand new box of Memorex 700 MB (write up to 48X) CD-RW
> >discs so I don't think it's a media problem.
> >
> >When I run the command 
> >  dd if=/dev/cdrom of=yarrow-i386-disc1.iso bs=3048
> >I get an immediate 
> >  dd: reading '/dev/cdrom': Input/output error
> >  0+0 records in
> >  0+0 records out
> >
> >When I run the command (as root)
> >  cdrecord -scanbus
> >I get 
> >  0,0,0   0) 'MATSHITA' 'UJDA730 DVD/CDRW' '1.04' Removable CD-ROM
> >Then I run 
> >  cdrecord -v -eject speed=4 dev=0,0,0 yarrow-i386-disc1.iso
> >I get a bunch of verbage (cuz of -v verbose mode) and at the end, it
> >tells me it's 
> > Performing OPC
> > Starting new track at 0
> >Track 01: 0 MB written
> >Track 01: writing 600KB of pad data
> >Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 0/614400 (300 sectors)
> >Writing time: 13.1s
> >Fixating time: 65.4 s
> >cdrecord: fifo had 1 puts and 1 gets
> >cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%
> >
> >And there's nothing on the CD. 
> >
> >If I try another file (not the 650 MB yarrow ISO), say, a 50K text file,
> >I get a whole different set of errors, including the CD being spit out
> >before write ("Drive needs to reload the media to return to proper
> >status), and then Input/output error and so on.
> >
> >I've been working on this for several hours, trying different
> >combinations, different CDs, and so on. No luck whatsoever and gosh am I
> >getting frustrated.
> >
> >Do I have bad media, a bad drive, bad commands/processes, or should I
> >just mosey on over to the "Too dumb to use a computer" sign?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Whil
> >
> >  
> >