I recently scrapped my RH9 system and did a net install of Debian Sarge. Just before I did this, I backed up all my important data to DVD+RW's on a drive I had purchased just days before: a BTC DRW1008IM (DVD+/-RW packaged as a Pacific Digital Drive--$30 after rebates from OfficeMax!).
Under RH9 I was running the 2.4.29-1 kernel (I think; didn't save that information). My DVD drive would flawlessly write and rewrite to Fuji and Imation DVD+RW's, using dvd+rw-tools.
Now I've finally got things in Sarge situated the way I want them, but I cannot REwrite to any dvd media! I'm running kernel 2.6.7-1 (but the same things happen in 2.4.26-1). I am NOT using the ide-scsi parameters in my grub menu (it didn't work anyway when I tried). I can write to virgin DVD+RW discs with no problem, mount them, watch DVD's via ogle, etc. I would much rather not have my DVD+RW media become expensive DVD+R media, any suggestions? Here's some more information (/dev/dvd is correctly linked):
Code:
marc@pants:~$ growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -R -l -J -allow-leading-dots Documents/
WARNING: /dev/dvd already carries isofs!
About to execute 'mkisofs -R -l -J -allow-leading-dots Documents/ | builtin_dd of=/dev/dvd obs=32k seek=0'
Warning: creating filesystem that does not conform to ISO-9660.
/dev/dvd: "Current Write Speed" is 4.1x1385KBps.
:-[ WRITE@LBA=0h failed with SK=5h/ASC=30h/ACQ=06h]: Wrong medium type
:-( media is not formatted or unsupported.
:-( write failed: Wrong medium type
(This exact commandline was used earlier to burn backup discs that work great) Okay, I KNOW that this is a DVD+RW disc, there's no question. I have dvd+rw-tools 5.21.4.10.8-1, installed via apt-get. One interesting point, I tried k3b and there was no way I could make k3b find the dvd+rw-format binary (it's in /usr/bin and that's one of the paths k3b is originally configured to look in.
All CD recording via cdrecord seems to work (write to disc, blank disc, and rewrite to disc)
Any more info necessary? Any help is terribly appreciated. Everything else in this distro is working pretty much beautifully.
Marc
PS -- Apologies if this has already been discussed, solved, and dismissed--my googling must have been substandard.