Help with cdrecord

[Mads V. Pedersen]

Andrew,

Andrew Robinson wrote:

>> check the -atip option of cdrecord.
>>
> I've copied the output of  'cdrecord dev=2,0,0 -atip'  below. There is a 
> blank CDR in the drive. I don't see where it is telling me how much 
> space is available on the disc. Can you help me some more?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a19 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2003 
> Jörg Schilling
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
> Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
> Version        : 0
> Response Format: 2
> Capabilities   :
> Vendor_info    : 'LITE-ON '
> Identifikation : 'LTR-52246S      '
> Revision       : '6S0C'
> Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
> Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
> Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE FORCESPEED
> Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
> ATIP info from disk:
>  Indicated writing power: 5
>  Is not unrestricted
>  Is not erasable
>  Disk sub type: Medium Type A, high Beta category (A+) (3)
>  ATIP start of lead in:  -11634 (97:26/66)
>  ATIP start of lead out: 359848 (79:59/73)
> Disk type:    Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar)
> Manuf. index: 3
> Manufacturer: CMC Magnetics Corporation

In theory the drive is capable of writing from the "start of lead in" to
the "start of lead out" which (for data) gives you 359848 - (-11634) =
371482 sectors of 2048 bytes (or roughly 725MB). However to write this
much (or anything more than the specified 700MB) you have to use the
-overburn option. Without -overburn you can roughly burn from 0 to
"start of lead out" or just over 700MB.

-- mads