I just got a Dell Dimension e521 (AMD 64 x2, nVidia MCP51 chipset) and so far it has been fine. Today I tried to burn some CD-R and DVD-R disks and have been able to do nothing but make coasters. The drive is a TSST TS-H653a (Samsung OEM) and does have the current firmware. Playing back data, audio, and video disks work just fine, but recording is a different matter.
The drive shows up as /dev/scd0 and all the symlinks for /dev/cdrom, /dev/cdwriter, /dev/dvd, and /dev/dvdwriter point to that device. Both cdrecord and growisofs complete without any errors, but when I try to remount the just-recorded disk I get an error:
[jleafey@jaybird Downloads]$ mount /media/cdrecorder/ /dev/scd0: Invalid argument mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only /dev/scd0: Invalid argument mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified
I have also tried to explicitly mount it specifying the device and fs type:
[jleafey@jaybird Downloads]$ sudo mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 \ /media/cdrecorder/ mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/scd0, or too many mounted file systems
The output of dmesg shows the message "cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!" when this happens.
Since I also get an error on the eject command UNLESS RUN AS ROOT (eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device) I thought it might be a permission problem, but the device (/dev/scd0) is showing up as being "owned" by me, courtesy of Gnome no doubt. I get the bad burns whether I run as root or a regular user.
At this point I don't know whether to think the problem is with cdrecord or the sata_nv driver. Anybody got any ideas on where to look next?
Thanks! -- Jay Leafey - Memphis, TN jay.leafey@mindless.com