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

[war <war@starband.net>]

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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