Ubuntu – Problem Burning ISO file to disc

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I am using Sony CD-R 700 MB discs and every time I try to burn the ISO file on a disc, an error message pops up saying error while burning, drive is busy.

Can anyone assist me in this process? I am trying to do this on my HP touchsmart which has one disc drive.

Best Answer

You could try burn the iso file in a terminal with:

growisofs

Install dvd+rw-tools:
```
sudo apt-get install dvd+rw-tools
```

Burn iso file:

growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=/path/to/image.iso

cdrecord
1. Add the CDRTools PPA and install cdrecord:
  
  PPA description
  
  This PPA contains builds of CDRTools and Smake. CDRTools has been packaged as a replacement for CDRKit. This may (or may not) solve many CD/DVD burning issues in Ubuntu.
  
  The CDRTools package builds Cdrecord, which replaces Wodim, and Mkisofs, which replaces Genisoimage. Add the PPA, update your sources and then install cdrecord and mkisofs.
```
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:brandonsnider/cdrtools
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cdrecord
```
2. Determine dev for CD / DVD burner:
```
cdrecord –scanbus | grep -i cd
```
  Output something like this:
```
3,1,0   301) 'Optiarc ' 'DVD RW AD-7173A ' '1-01' Removable CD-ROM
```
3. Burn iso file:
```
cdrecord -v dev=3,1,0 /path/to/image.iso
```

Related Solutions

Ubuntu – How to fix “Power calibration error” when trying to burn DVD

your drive dislikes the medium. You will have to use a different media product or a different drive.

Regrettably the brand name on the box tells few about the real manufacturerer and the product inside. You will have to guess. A bold and significant change should be a switch from DVD-R[W] to DVD+R[W], resp. vice versa.

The error message text stems from libburn. The code [3 73 03] was reported to it by the DVD drive. The problem is not specific to the operating system. Ubuntu's Linux kernel was only the messenger between libburn and drive.

"Power calibration error" is the human readable text that is registered in the MMC specification for that code. MMC-5 has about power calibration: "3.1.53 Optimum Power Calibration [...] OPC is a procedure performed by an optical storage device to calibrate laser power. Values from this calibration are used for subsequent write operations."

I.e. the burner did a few test writes on the medium and was not satisfied with the results.

Have a nice day :)

Thomas

md5 for ISO Checks, But Burn Always Fails – Troubleshooting

------update-----

After the medium was tested and rated "excellent":

If the MD5 from DVD-R matches the MD5 of the ISO, then the burn run succeeded. The DVD is supposed to work for its purpose of booting. Did you already try ?

It looks like the error message from K3B is mislead. (Shrug)

------end update-----

burn always fails

What symptoms tell you that it failed ?

I guess you cannot read it, but even that can have various reasons. If the medium stays just blank without any other error indication, then either you have inadvertedly enabled simulation or your burner drive is going bad.

The state of the medium may be inquired by

dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/sr0

Since you just want to burn an ISO, i propose you make further experiments by skipping the GUI layer and starting growisofs directly. The following proposal is derived from the growisofs command reported by K3B. Excute it in the directory where the ISO ist stored (or use its absolute path):

growisofs -Z \
          /dev/sr0=Vicibox_v.6.0.x86_64-6.0.3.preload.iso \
          -use-the-force-luke=notray \
          -use-the-force-luke=dao \
          -dvd-compat \
          -speed=16 \
          -use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m

The option

-use-the-force-luke=dummy

causes burn simulation on DVD-R, which of course would prevent real burn success.