burner not found

[delta]

I hope someone can help me since I didn't find any help on the whole internet.

I used cdrtfe for some time now and everything worked perfect. Now I got a new corporate notebook with XP installed and the burner isn't available anymore.

Here are all relevant informations that might help to find a solution:

1. Burner: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM_GSA-T20N
2. I'm not sure but I think it's a IDE (no SATA) burner
3. I tried InfraRecorder and the burner isn't available there, too
4. Error-Msg in cdrtfe: No CD writer found. Nevertheless, images (data CD, XD) can be created.
5. cdrecord.exe -scanbus lists my hd and thumbdrives but no burner
6. Version of cdrecord: 2.01.01a36 and some stable (older) release
7. I tried the cdrtfe on another machine (it's portable) and it worked
8. Finally I installed some ASPI drivers from adaptec cause I thougt that might help, but also didn't
9. The drive is available in other application (cdex, windows, dvdfab)
10. I have local admin-rights

I really have no idea what else to check and it looks like it's a cdrtools problem but I doubt that a dvd-burner which is manufactured Sept. 2007 isn't complatible to standards.

Any other idea what might be the problem?

Thanks in advance!

Oliver :-)

[Oliver Valencia]

With cdrtfe 1.2.8 (package 'cdrtfe test') it is now possible to specify the SCSI interface: dialog 'Settings' -> tab sheet 'Drives'.

[Oliver Valencia]

Please check, if the local CD drives are accessible for the users:

You can change the settings with the "Local Security Policy" console.

To open it:
Start Menu -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Policy.

Open the section "Local Policies" and select "Security Options".

Change "Devices: Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged-on user only." to ENABLED.

If this wasn't the reason, why cdrecord -scanbus failed, then there is perhaps another program/driver that interferes with cdrecord.

[delta]

Hey kerberos :-)

thanks alot for your answer. Unfortunatly I saw this hint in another post. I forgot to mention, that I checked that too and it was enabled by default. All other apps (even burner-apps) can access the device so I start to think that it's a cdrtools bug. I already tried to contact the developer but with no reaction.

Do you know of any cdrtools-forum? I saw several post with issues similar to mine but with different burners. But no solution anywhere.

Thanks in advance!

[delta]

Looks like I got a bit closer to a solution:

When I do a "cdrecord -scandisk" I get:

scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) *
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) HOST ADAPTOR
scsibus1:
1,0,0 100) 'WDC WD80' '0BEVS-07RST0 ' '04.0' Disk
1,1,0 101) *
1,2,0 102) *
1,3,0 103) *
1,4,0 104) *
1,5,0 105) *
1,6,0 106) *
1,7,0 107) HOST ADAPTOR
scsibus2:
2,0,0 200) *
2,1,0 201) *
2,2,0 202) *
2,3,0 203) *
2,4,0 204) *
2,5,0 205) *
2,6,0 206) *
2,7,0 207) HOST ADAPTOR

but when I do "cdrecord dev=ASPI: -scanbus"

I get the drive listed:

scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'WDC WD80' '0BEVS-07RST0 ' '04.0' Disk
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) HOST ADAPTOR
scsibus1:
1,0,0 100) 'HL-DT-ST' 'DVDRAM_GSA-T20N ' 'WF08' Removable CD-ROM
1,1,0 101) *
1,2,0 102) *
1,3,0 103) *
1,4,0 104) *
1,5,0 105) *
1,6,0 106) *
1,7,0 107) HOST ADAPTOR
scsibus2:
2,0,0 200) *
2,1,0 201) *
2,2,0 202) *
2,3,0 203) *
2,4,0 204) *
2,5,0 205) *
2,6,0 206) *
2,7,0 207) HOST ADAPTOR

So to be honest: I have no idea why it won't show up on a standard "-scanbus" but with the "dev=ASPI:" parameter it show under the same ID where at first the HD showed up.

However I get to see it, but only on commandline-level. Not in cdrtfe.

Hope that helps a bit to solve the issue.

Thanks again!

oliver

[Oliver Valencia]

There are two ways to access SCSI devices (like CD/DVD writers) under Win2k/XP, via SPTI and via ASPI (if installed). Under these operating systems cdrecord uses the SPTI by default (and so does cdrtfe).

Obviously the SCSI access via the built-in SPTI fails on your system for unknown reasons.

I'll add the possibiliy to cdrtfe to set the SCSI interface used by cdrecord.