Dual layer dvd is giving problems for mkisofs. Anyone got any ideas about this...

The main clue seems to be this :-

SEND DVD+R DOUBLE LAYER RECORDING INFORMATION failed with SK=3h/ASC=02h/ACQ=00h]: Input/output error

Anyone out there know where I can find out what it means.

growisofs by <appro@fy.chalmers.se>, version 5.21,
front-ending to mkisofs: mkisofs 2.01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)

Heres the output including an strace. I think the problem is with mkisofs or I need another parameter to growisofs.

Note the line numbers on the strace are from my vi file.

growisofs -Z /dev/cdrom -V X -dvd-compat /mnt/hda2/FilmName/
Executing 'mkisofs -V X /mnt/hda2/FileName/ | builtin_dd of=/dev/cdrom obs=32k seek=0'
INFO: UTF-8 character encoding detected by locale settings.
Assuming UTF-8 encoded filenames on source filesystem,
use -input-charset to override.
/dev/cdrom: splitting layers at 2007840 blocks
:-[ SEND DVD+R DOUBLE LAYER RECORDING INFORMATION failed with SK=3h/ASC=02h/ACQ=00h]: Input/output error


Heres an strace of the same thing...

rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
115 rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, {0x8050f94, [HUP INT PIPE TERM], SA_ONESHOT}, NULL, 8) = 0
116 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
117 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x8050f94, [HUP INT PIPE TERM], SA_ONESHOT}, NULL, 8) = 0
118 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
119 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {0x8050f94, [HUP INT PIPE TERM], SA_ONESHOT}, NULL, 8) = 0
120 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
121 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x8050f94, [HUP INT PIPE TERM], SA_ONESHOT}, NULL, 8) = 0
122 write(2, "/dev/cdrom: \"Current Write Speed"..., 51/dev/cdrom: "Current Write Speed" is 1.0x1385KBps.
123 ) = 51
124 ioctl(4, 0x2285, 0xfee62798) = 0
125 time(NULL) = 1103906925
126 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [HUP INT PIPE TERM], NULL, 8) = 0
127 ioctl(4, 0x2285, 0xfee62788) = 0
128 write(2, ":-[ WRITE@LBA=0h failed with SK="..., 53:-[ WRITE@LBA=0h failed with SK=5h/ASC=30h/ACQ=05h]: ) = 53
129 write(2, "Wrong medium type\n", 18Wrong medium type
130 ) = 18
131 write(2, ":-( media is not formatted or un"..., 43:-( media is not formatted o r unsupported.
132 ) = 43
133 write(2, ":-( write failed: Wrong medium t"..., 36:-( write failed: Wrong medi um type
134 ) = 36
135 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [HUP INT PIPE TERM], NULL, 8) = 0
136 exit_group(124) = ?

trying to work around this I have generated an image using mkisofs and then tried using dvdrecord to burn the dvd again with errors this time around the SCSI driver. The output from cdrecord -scanbus would appear to indicate a device of ATA:0,1,0 but this gives the same errors so I guess I need other parameters.

As far as I can tell the ide-scsi module is no longer part of the distro ?.

cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a27-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support
Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to <warly@mandrakesoft.com>.
Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version.
scsidev: 'ATA'
devname: 'ATA'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Using badly designed ATAPI via /dev/hd* interface.
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.80-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.80 04/03/08 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) *
0,1,0 1) '_NEC ' 'DVD_RW ND-3500AG' '2.16' Removable CD-ROM
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *


dvdrecord speed=1 -dao -overburn -dummy dev=/dev/cdrom /mnt/hda2/Movie/ATW.img

dvdrtools v0.1.4
Portions (c) 2002-2003 Ark Linux <bero@arklinux.org>
Based on:
Cdrecord 1.11a15 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 J�rg Schilling
scsidev: '/dev/cdrom'
devname: '/dev/cdrom'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
dvdrecord: Read-only file system. Cannot open '/dev/cdrom'. Cannot open SCSI driver.dvdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.

mkisofs -dvd-video -o /mnt/hda2/Movie/ATW.img /mnt/hda2/Movie/

This seems to have worked as isoinfo gives some good output.

isoinfo -i /mnt/hda2/Movie/ATW.img -l

Directory listing of /
d--------- 0 0 0 2048 Dec 19 2004 [ 286 02] .
d--------- 0 0 0 2048 Dec 19 2004 [ 286 02] ..
d--------- 0 0 0 2048 Dec 19 2004 [ 288 02] AUDIO_TS
d--------- 0 0 0 2048 Dec 12 2004 [ 287 02] VIDEO_TS

Directory listing of /AUDIO_TS/
d--------- 0 0 0 2048 Dec 19 2004 [ 288 02] .
d--------- 0 0 0 2048 Dec 19 2004 [ 286 02] ..

Directory listing of /VIDEO_TS/
d--------- 0 0 0 2048 Dec 12 2004 [ 287 02] .
d--------- 0 0 0 2048 Dec 19 2004 [ 286 02] ..
---------- 0 0 0 12288 Dec 12 2004 [ 326 00] VIDEO_TS.BUP;1
---------- 0 0 0 12288 Dec 12 2004 [ 289 00] VIDEO_TS.IFO;1
---------- 0 0 0 30720 Dec 12 2004 [ 295 00] VIDEO_TS.VOB;1
---------- 0 0 0 83968 Dec 12 2004 [3321553 00] VTS_01_0.BUP;1
---------- 0 0 0 83968 Dec 12 2004 [ 332 00] VTS_01_0.IFO;1
---------- 0 0 0 725231616 Dec 12 2004 [ 373 00] VTS_01_0.VOB;1
---------- 0 0 0 1073709056 Dec 12 2004 [ 354490 00] VTS_01_1.VOB;1
---------- 0 0 0 1073709056 Dec 12 2004 [ 878762 00] VTS_01_2.VOB;1
---------- 0 0 0 1073709056 Dec 12 2004 [1403034 00] VTS_01_3.VOB;1
---------- 0 0 0 1073709056 Dec 12 2004 [1927306 00] VTS_01_4.VOB;1
---------- 0 0 0 1073709056 Dec 12 2004 [2451578 00] VTS_01_5.VOB;1
---------- 0 0 0 707966976 Dec 12 2004 [2975850 00] VTS_01_6.VOB;1
---------- 0 0 0 43008 Dec 12 2004 [4070677 00] VTS_02_0.BUP;1
---------- 0 0 0 43008 Dec 12 2004 [3321594 00] VTS_02_0.IFO;1
---------- 0 0 0 10240 Dec 12 2004 [3321615 00] VTS_02_0.VOB;1
---------- 0 0 0 1073709056 Dec 12 2004 [3321620 00] VTS_02_1.VOB;1
---------- 0 0 0 460326912 Dec 12 2004 [3845892 00] VTS_02_2.VOB;1

Just for the heck of it, i would try another brand of media.
Also, just curious, what distro are you running?

Im running FC2 and have been finding out some interesting things.

For one the cdrecord software gets changed by RedHat (or bastardised as it states on the cdrecord website, maybe thats why it doesnt work). There also seems to have been a bit of a flame between the cdrecord peeps and Linus Torvalds and now the ide-scsi module for accessing DVD drives is no more! or at least not on my distro. Unfortunately dvdrecord (the son of cdrecord) wants scsi parameters to burn to dvd.

I've now got the image I need and maybe dd would work directly, with the correct parameters. If anyone cares to comment on this I would be gratefull.