Cannot burn dvd/cs's, keep getting error's...

[-eddie-]

I have an Iso and I cannot burn on my desktop, start's to burn then get error's then cancel's and waste's yet another disk...Been going through plenty of them and it's getting a little silly now...Please help?
Also doe's not seem to notice that I actually have a cd/dvd drive?Huh
Also does not mount auomatically.
I am using Pc linux pheonix   xfce

Acer Aspire M1100 tower...

Hello, sorry but I do not know how to get the information details to my system that is required to burn the dvd's or iso's....thanks
EDDIE Huh

[menotu]

What software are you using to burn the cd's?

[Hootiegibbon]

Ok more factual detail please

The name of the app you are using (as per menotu)

and the error(s) you are receiving

Jase

[Sproggy]

what iso are you trying to burn??? ... with which application??? and which version of Phoenix??

[melodie]

Hi,

Are you sure the file you are trying to burn to CD is a disk image ? (ISO-9660). Or is it an archive with some datas which have been archived under with the iso extension ?

If you are not sure, you can type in a console : "file /path/to/your/file"

As a test to see if the system can see your CD/DVD reader/writer, type in a console:

Code:

$ wodim -checkdrive

(don't type the '$' : it's here to tell you to type it as user, whereas if you need to type a command as root, the line will begin with the sign '#').

man wodim gives:

    -checkdrive
              Checks if a driver for the current drive  is  present  and
              exit.  If the drive is a known drive, wodim uses exit code
              0.

Then type:

Code:

$ wodim -scanbus

then type:

Code:

$ wodim --devices

if you get informations looking like the ones I get:

$ wodim -checkdrive
Device was not specified. Trying to find an appropriate drive...
Detected CD-R drive: /dev/cdrw
Using /dev/cdrom of unknown capabilities
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'MATSHITA'
Identification : 'UJDA770 DVD/CDRW'
Revision       : '1.02'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-ROM.
wodim: Cannot load media with this drive!
wodim: Try to load media by hand.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R96R

$ wodim -scanbus
scsibus0:
   0,0,0     0) 'MATSHITA' 'UJDA770 DVD/CDRW' '1.02' Removable CD-ROM
   0,1,0     1) *
   0,2,0     2) *
   0,3,0     3) *
   0,4,0     4) *
   0,5,0     5) *
   0,6,0     6) *
   0,7,0     7) *
$ wodim --devices
wodim: Overview of accessible drives (1 found) :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 0  dev='/dev/scd0'   rwrwrw : 'MATSHITA' 'UJDA770 DVD/CDRW'
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
$

Then you could try to use wodim to burn, first with a dummy option (it will run a test, and will not burn really... it will just say if the burn could succeed).

This way:

You need to have the ISO file in your home user directory ( /home/eddie) and open the console as user then type:

Code:

$ wodim -dummy your_iso_file.iso

if this aborts, try:

Code:

$ wodim cdr_simul your_iso_file.iso

if you use a CD,

or:

Code:

$ wodim dvd_simul your_iso_file.iso

if you use a DVD.

In the 3 above command lines, replace your_iso_file.iso by the name of your ISO file.

You might want to scroll a bit in the manual. In console, type "man wodim", and then you can discover more about these options. (To find a word in a man, once in the man type : "/a_word" and you will see what you type in the left down corner : tu exit the search hit Esc. To find the next occurence of a word type "n" and for the preceeding, type "p".

You might also want to test the CD and or DVD you are using in another machine : sometimes they are corrupted, even when new.

Regards,
Mélodie