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

Wakko Warner
2001-12-14T21:49:48Z

> 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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