Re: cdrecord reports size vs. capabilities error....

[Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>]

> That just means it is not a standard compliant CDRW drive.
> I've asked Joerg Schilling about this and that's what he said.
> I get the same thing.
> 
> Linux sg driver version: 3.1.20
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
> scsibus0:
>         0,0,0     0) *
>         0,1,0     1) *
>         0,2,0     2) 'IOMEGA  ' 'ZIP 100         ' 'J.03' Removable Disk
>         0,3,0     3) 'MATSHITA' 'CD-ROM CR-8008  ' '8.0e' Removable CD-ROM
>         0,4,0     4) *
>         0,5,0     5) *
>         0,6,0     6) *
>         0,7,0     7) *
> scsibus1:
>         1,0,0   100) '        ' 'SMART100X/2400  ' '1.44' Removable CD-ROM
>         1,1,0   101) 'PLEXTOR ' 'CD-R   PX-W1210A' '1.09' Removable CD-ROM
> cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page.
>         1,2,0   102) 'MATSHITA' 'CD-ROM CR-581-M ' '1.05' Removable CD-ROM
>         1,3,0   103) 'HP      ' 'CD-Writer+ 7500 ' '1.0a' Removable CD-ROM
>         1,4,0   104) 'SONY    ' 'CD-ROM CDU77E-Q ' '1.3a' Removable CD-ROM
>         1,5,0   105) *
>         1,6,0   106) *
>         1,7,0   107) *

Ok, but why would having 2 identical cdroms be different?  they both have
the same firmware, yet cdrecord -scanbus shows one of them with the wrong
size thing.  There's 2 scsi controllers, but if I swap them, the wrong size
stays with the drive, not the controller.

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