LinuxQuestions.org HCL - DVD-RW SHW-160P6S

rickh · 11-15-2006, 11:03 AM

Got this drive to replace a problematic Plextor PX-716A. Connected it and it worked ... Period ... End of Story.

Wrote data cd and .iso, copied dvd, played regular audio CD and MP3s from cd.

If you need this type of drive you can't go wrong here, IMO.

Output from hwinfo:

Code:

  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_LITE_ON_DVDRW_SHW_160P6S
  Unique ID: 90A1.BjFi861gL70
  Parent ID: Eu86.3RtglQjIYm1
  SysFS ID: /block/hdc
  SysFS BusID: 1.0
  SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.1/ide1/1.0
  Hardware Class: cdrom
  Model: "LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-160P6S"
  Vendor: "LITE-ON"
  Device: "DVDRW SHW-160P6S"
  Revision: "PS0B"
  Serial ID: ""
  Driver: "ATIIXP_IDE", "ide-cdrom"
  Driver Modules: "atiixp", "ide_cd"
  Device File: /dev/hdc
  Device Files: /dev/hdc, /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:14.1-ide-1:0, /dev/cdrom, /dev/cdrw, /dev/dvd, /dev/dvdrw
  Device Number: block 22:0
  Features: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+DL
  Size: 0 sectors a 512 bytes
  Drive status: no medium
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #9 (IDE interface)
  Drive Speed: 48

kiltedknight · 05-30-2008, 01:53 PM

Well, I keep getting the following messages in /var/log/messages:

Quote:

kernel: ata9.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
kernel: ata9.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0
kernel: cdb 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
kernel: res 40/00:02:00:08:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
kernel: ata9.00: status: { DRDY }
kernel: ata9: soft resetting link
kernel: ata9.00: configured for UDMA/33
kernel: ata9: EH complete

I tried to obtain the latest firmware from Lite-On, but they keep insisting that I can't update it if I don't run Windows.

Any ideas how to get this to work?

EDIT... Here's the response I got from Lite-On:

Quote:

I apologize, but the drive that you have was not designed for use in a Non-Windows Operating System. While the operating system may support the device, we have not developed any update which will work outside of Windows. I understand a windows based PC is not available for you, but the drive was not designed with this scenario in mind. I apologize for any inconvenience, but I cannot provide you a resource that is not available.

This will be the only purchase of a Lite-On product I ever make. I'm going to look for something with better support.