Re: DVD writers under RH9

Try xcdroast.

Ben Gunn wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have purchased an internal Samsung DVD burner (Model TS-H552U) which 
> I am trying to install on a RH9 system. The drive is detected 
> correctly on startup as well as by ‘cdrecord –scanbus’. The problem I 
> now have is getting the thing to write. I have been doing some 
> research and it appears that the default dvdrecord tool including with 
> RH is not up to the job. I have installed ‘dvd+rw-tools’ and have been 
> trying to use ‘growisofs’ to write to the DVD. I have already created 
> an iso and have been trying to burn it using ‘growisofs –Z 
> /dev/scd0=test.iso’. Every time I try it I get a write failed: 
> input/output error.
>
> I have tried tracking down the issue on the internet, but most of it 
> refers to users of 2.6 kernel. I am not ever sure if kernel 2.4.20-30 
> even supports these tools (although I assume it does since I installed 
> them using a RH9 compiled rpm).
>
> I would be interested to hear whether anyone else has encountered 
> similar problems.
>
> Regards, Ben
>
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