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

war
2001-12-15T02:51:46Z

Yeah, when I switched controllers etc it puts the message in different spots.
I'm not sure why it does that.
You'll have to ask the guy who wrote the driver I guess.

Wakko Warner wrote:

> > 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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