[wplug] DVD Recovery?

[scoob8000]

Try firing up for cd/dvd burning app and look for a finilize disc option.
I've seen this with data CDs before.

Nero (windows) will do it for you, I imagine k3b should too..

--- Sent from my phone, so please disregard any typos.  :)
On Mar 26, 2011 5:59 PM, "C L" <wplug at cmlang.com> wrote:
> Quoting gpitman at gmail.com:
>
>> Put the disk in and then type "dmesg" in a terminal window. That
>> should give you some hint as to where the raw device is (
>> /dev/cdrom or /dev/cd0 or something)
>
> Only two lines from the dmesg output seem related to the dvd drive:
> sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
> scsi 1:0:1:0: CD-ROM PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D 1.21 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
>
> Here is my output from scanbus:
> scsibus1:
> 1,0,0 100) *
> 1,1,0 101) 'PIONEER ' 'DVD-RW DVR-107D' '1.21' Removable CD-ROM
> 1,2,0 102) *
> 1,3,0 103) *
> 1,4,0 104) *
> 1,5,0 105) *
> 1,6,0 106) *
> 1,7,0 107) *
>
> Which by what I researched online seems to indicate that 1,1,0 means
> sr1. So I tried both sr0 and sr1...
>
>> Then see if you can look at the raw device by typing "head -50
>> /dev/cdrom". If you get a bunch of unreadable garbage, there is
>> probably info there.
>>
>
> return from the head command...
> head: cannot open `/dev/sr0' for reading: No medium found
>
> So I take out the dvd and put in a Fedora 13 Installation DVD. Suse
> OS automagically mounts and displays the contents of this dvd. I run
> the head command with this dvd in the drive and a bunch of characters
> are returned. (As if looking at a binary file in a text editor, as you
> say 'unreadable garbage'.
>
> No unreadable garbage on the photos dvd.
>
> -Craig
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