Ubuntu 6.06; Pioneer DVDR-111 - won't write CDR media?

[Andy Jones]

Hi all,

My DVD recorder says it will write CDs too.  But I can't figure out
how to do it.  I don't know if this is me, Ubuntu, or the DVD drive -
but I'd welcome any suggestions.

Details:
Ubuntu 6.06; Pioneer DVDR-111

I can write DVDs using growisofs.

Writing to a CD-R with growisofs doesn't work - it tells me that the
media isn't a DVD.  Not really very surprising.

Writing to the CD with cdrecord doesn't work either, though.
Worryingly, it tells me that the DVD does not accept either TAO or DAO
modes.

Here's what happens:
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$cdrecord -v dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 test.iso
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004
Joerg Schilling
NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of cdrecord
     and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version.
     Please send bug reports and support requests to
<cdrtools at packages.debian.org>.
     The original author should not be bothered with problems of this version.

cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.15-26-386
cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer.
cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris.
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: 'ATAPI:0,0,0'
devname: 'ATAPI'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.
Warning: The related Linux kernel interface code seems to be unmaintained.
Warning: There is absolutely NO DMA, operations thus are slow.
Error: Cannot gain SYS_RAWIO capability.Is cdrecord installed SUID root?
: Operation not permitted
Using libscg version 'debian-0.8debian2'.
cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial version of libscg
(debian-0.8debian2 '@(#)scsitransp.c      1.91 04/06/17 Copyright
1988,1995,2000-2004 J. Schilling').
SCSI buffer size: 64512
atapi: 1
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'PIONEER '
Identifikation : 'DVD-RW  DVR-111D'
Revision       : '1.19'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Current: 0x0009
Profile: 0x002B
Profile: 0x001B
Profile: 0x001A
Profile: 0x0016
Profile: 0x0015
Profile: 0x0014
Profile: 0x0013
Profile: 0x0011
Profile: 0x0010
Profile: 0x000A
Profile: 0x0009 (current)
Profile: 0x0008
cdrecord: This version of cdrecord does not include DVD-R/DVD-RW support code.
cdrecord: See /usr/share/doc/cdrecord/README.DVD.Debian for details on
DVD support.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes:
Drive buf size : 1251328 = 1222 KB
FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
cdrecord: Drive does not support TAO recording.
cdrecord: Illegal write mode for this drive.
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If I use the -dao option it does the same thing: "Drive does not
support SAO recording."

Look at the driver flags - no SAO or TAO flags!

Any help greatfully appreciated.

Andy.
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