Mounting blank CD error.

[Skinny-Mini]

I got an ISO from a friend and it's been sitting ontop of my desktop for ages now, and I'm not able to burn it because for some reason, Ubuntu has stopped reading any CDs in my drive.

Help, please?

G.B. on burning it:

scsidev: '/dev/sr1'
devname: '/dev/sr1'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Wodim version: 1.1.9
SCSI buffer size: 64512
Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device
communication breaks or freezes immediately after that.
Speed set to 2822 KB/s
e: 2048
  ATIP start of lead in:  -150 (00:00/00)
Disk type:    unknown dye (reserved id code)
Manuf. index: -1
Manufacturer: unknown (not in table)
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed  16.0 in real TAO mode for multi session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in    5 seconds.   4 seconds.   3 seconds.   2 seconds.   1 seconds.   0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
Performing OPC...
Starting new track at sector: 0
Errno: 5 (Input/output error), write_g1 scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1F 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0E 00 00 00 00 64 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x64 Qual 0x00 (illegal mode for this track) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) 
cmd finished after 0.001s timeout 40s
wodim: A write error occured.
wodim: Please properly read the error message above.

write track data: error after 0 bytes
Writing  time:    5.094s
Average write speed 739.5x.
Fixating...
Errno: 5 (Input/output error), close track/session scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0E 00 00 00 00 64 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x64 Qual 0x00 (illegal mode for this track) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) 
cmd finished after 0.010s timeout 480s
cmd finished after 0.010s timeout 480s
Fixating time:    0.024s
wodim: Cannot fixate disk.
wodim: fifo had 192 puts and 1 gets.
wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%

[D-cat]

I assume you've tried different discs.

Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x64 Qual 0x00 (illegal mode for this track) Fru 0x0

That suggests to me the image (iso) is no good. Have you been able to burn CD's of any content (like a different iso) lately?

Errno: 5 (Input/output error)

...and that suggests your disc or your burner might be no good.

Is there any way you can borrow an external burner just to test if it's the configuration? If another burner works where this one fails, then you can assume this one has died (it happens).

[Skinny-Mini]

I assume you've tried different discs.

That suggests to me the image (iso) is no good. Have you been able to burn CD's of any content (like a different iso) lately?

...and that suggests your disc or your burner might be no good.

Is there any way you can borrow an external burner just to test if it's the configuration? If another burner works where this one fails, then you can assume this one has died (it happens).

Possibly but I somehow got the CD to load in my driver but now, Brasero says the ISO is too large (544 or so MB on a 700 MB CD) and G.B. won't burn it. I've tried K3B but that's proving difficult.

[D-cat]

k3B is a KDE program, you're apt to have trouble with in in Gnome (though I hear some people do make it work). If you want to try a different app, you might have better luck with Graveman.

I still think the hardware is klunky, whether it be the drive or the "blank" CD (that last error sounds like the drive now thinks the CD is a half burned multi-session or a mini-disc). I have no way of knowing though not being there.

[Skinny-Mini]

k3B is a KDE program, you're apt to have trouble with in in Gnome (though I hear some people do make it work). If you want to try a different app, you might have better luck with Graveman.

I still think the hardware is klunky, whether it be the drive or the "blank" CD (that last error sounds like the drive now thinks the CD is a half burned multi-session or a mini-disc). I have no way of knowing though not being there.

I'll try it, thanks. EDIT -- Can't find the package.

And after I rebooted the comp., the blank CD won't show or anything again...

[D-cat]

Hehe, oops, you're right, graveman isn't in the Ubuntu repository.

Ummm, gnomebaker?

after I rebooted the comp., the blank CD won't show or anything again...

You're going to lose your hair messing with this thing.

[Skinny-Mini]

Hehe, oops, you're right, graveman isn't in the Ubuntu repository.

Ummm, gnomebaker?


You're going to lose your hair messing with this thing.

Iknorite? Maybe it'll show itself again, soon...