[ltp] K3b DVD Writing

[Richard Neill]

SOTL wrote:

> Thanks Richard
> 
> Help All
> 
> I am getting the following error message to my burners
> 
> Kristos -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=/home/trunk/Fedora
> :-[ READ DISC INFORMATION failed with SK=2h/ASC=3Ah/ACQ=01h]: No medium found
> 
> I got the burners on sale several years ago installed then but have never used 
> then for DVD burning.
> 
> Is there something wrong with the burners, two, or do I have configuration 
> issues?

"No medium found" sounds to me like a DVD-disk fault. I think the drive 
is saying that no optical disk is present (or it is incompatible).

If you can read ordinary CDs, (and maybe DVDs), and you can burn 
ordinary CDs, it's pretty unlikely to be a software issue. Does hdparm 
-i  work?

Also, not to state the obvious, but some brands of disks look pretty 
much the same both ways up...  Also, DVD-R vs DVD+R ?
Have you cleaned the lens? Is the disk a brand new one?
If it's an RW disk, do you need to format or erase it?

Best wishes,

Richard


> Use the CLI directly:
> 
>    growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=your_image.iso
> 
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Richard
>