X-Account-Key: account1 X-UIDL: 124714 X-Mozilla-Keys: Return-Path: X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 5.1.3 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: List-Archive: Precedence: list Message-ID: Reply-To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Sender: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" X-Original-Message-ID: <46FDAA8D.5050908@2rosenthals.com> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:29:49 -0400 From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Subject: [OS2Wireless] OT: ThinkPad DVD Writer Problem (was: Re: [OS2Wireless] ThinkPad DVD Writer Problem) Hi, Hakan! (Apologies in advance to all disinterested folks about the length of this OT post.) On 09/28/07 07:42 pm, Hakan thus wrote : > Lewis, > > Some time ago I repartitioned the harddisk on my TP43p, erased all > traces of XP and have since been running eCS 1.2MR. With 1.2MR, I have > come closer to being able to burn DVDs (CDs have always worked) on the > machine but am not quite there -- I can copy large files, over several > Gbs in total, to the DVD but I cannot finalize them. RSJ becomes > unresponsive and with nothing else running, CPU utilization is just > below 1.0%. Thus, I went back to your e-mails from May (see below) and > see that our CONFIG.SYS files are different (we also have slightly > different Matshita drives) but I don't think the problem lies there. A > couple of questions for you: > > * Why are you using the JJSCDROM.DMD driver? Did eCS install it > or did you install it later? If the latter, why? Also, did you remove > something? > I use JJS, because: JSCDROM.DMD is a modified version of OS/2 CD-ROM / CD-RW / DVDs device manager driver (OS2CDROM.DMD), based on the latest OS/2 DDK on-line source code (DDK_020517). This driver supports: * Automatic SCSI-3/MMC-complient drive capability recognition by default, like as ATAPI drive. * "CD-Extra" (audio-CD w/additional data session) mounting. * Feature enabling on a per-unit-basis. These features are: o turn on "CD-DA readable", "CD-XA readable" and "multisessioning-aware" flags o set vendor-specific SCSI CD-DA digital reading / CD-XA reading / multisessioning / UPC reading methods for non-SCSI-3/MMC-complient drives * "WORM devices as CD-ROM" treatment for some old WORM-style CD-R drives such as Yamaha CDR10x or any drives filtered by RSJ CD-Writer LOCKCDR.FLT. * Per-unit-basis "ignore drive" feature. * Enriched /V option output. * Additional IOCtl functions that control multisessioning treatment and track 1 negative start LBA fix (Midbar CDS-200 spoiler). * Of course functionally equivalent to official OS2CDROM.DMD, including CD-RW / DVDs UDF writing and formatting, and USB connection support. No, eCS did not install it for me. You may find it on Hobbes: http://tinyurl.com/ysunc3. > * I don't have BASEDEV=DANIATAP.FLT /EJ /A:1 /U:0 /TYPE:ZWL > /RSJ, only BASEDEV=DANIATAP.FLT without any flags at all. Again, did > the system install the above or did you install it later? If so, why? > Did you remove something? > > I installed this later. Dani provides special support for RSJ (among other amazing things - besides being a h-ll of a programmer, she's just a great gal and fun to have around a dinner table!!): - can deal with the ATAPI ZIP-250 and ZIP-750 - improved ZIP performance (up to factor 4 on ZIP-250) - supports arbitrary swapping of 100MB, 250MB and 750MB media - reflects the current media capacity up to FDISK, DISKIO or the like - OS/2 boot from ZIP is possible - faster 32bit PIO in conjunction with DANIS506.ADD (rel. 1.1.1 or later) - Busmaster DMA mode works and is tested with Intel, VIA, AMD, HPT, SiS, CMD, SiliconImage, ServerWorks, Promise, Nvidia and ACARD chipsets until now. Busmaster DMA is available now for ALi as well (CD/DVD-ROM is safe, but some chip revisions fail on DMA write operations!). Due to hardware limitations there is no 32bit PIO and no busmaster DMA possible for ATAPI devices attached to a Promise Ultra (non-TX2) controller. - ATAPI devices appear to the rest of the system as regular SCSI-2 devices if used with DANIS506.ADD (rel. 1.1.5 or later). This may be disabled globally or individually. - advanced "warm-swap" support if used with DANIS506.ADD (rel. 1.1.9 or later) - support for PCCard (formerly: PCMCIA) ATAPI devices (like the Iomega PCMCIA ZIP-250 or the Iomega Click!40) - support for PCCard CD writers (CDRecord, RSJ) - the translation of old-style 6-byte SCSI commands into their more modern 10-byte counterparts is no longer hardcoded. The device is sensed now to check if it requires this translation. - like DaniS506.ADD, this driver stores boot messages internally for later readout. To view them, issue "copy ATAPI$ con:", to dump them into a file, issue "copy ATAPI$ anyfile". - automatic media unload on shutdown if desired - supports up to eight IDE channels - supports ATAPI MO drives (tested with Fujitsu 1.3GB and 2.3GB drives) - supports ATAPI units with more than one logical unit (LUN) built in. Examples are the Panasonic/IBM PD drive (tested) or some CD-ROM changers. - fix compatibility issues with the increasing number of devices that bluntly violate the ATAPI specs. - fix some hangs at driver initialization due to SCSI MODE_SENSE size problems with particular ATAPI units. - fix a hang at driver initialization due to slow recover from IDENTIFY commands seen with some ATAPI units. and DaniATAPI.FLT is fully compatible to the RSJ cdwriter filesystem and its accompanied utilities. In fact, if you run DaniATAPI.FLT instead of RSJIDECD.FLT you can take advantage of the improved data transfer modes (32bit PIO and busmaster DMA) on all supported chipsets (RSJIDECD.FLT is derived from IBMIDECD.FLT and thus supports busmaster DMA on Intel chipsets only). If your CD writer model is listed cddrv.inf you don't even need LOCKCDR.FLT; DaniATAPI.FLT reorders its SCSI unit mapping if it finds a CD writer unit so that RSJ is happy. So there are several choices available (listed in order of preference) 1) BASEDEV=DaniATAPI.FLT /A:x /U:y /RSJ or /A:x /RSJ or /RSJ BASEDEV=LOCKCDR.FLT Both RSJ and CDRecord may use the writer. If your CD writer model isn't listed in cddrv.inf, LOCKCDR.FLT from RSJ 3.x will autodetect and autoconfigure it. DaniATAPI will install an additional backdoor to re-enable regular CD ROM operation via OS2CDROM.DMD (or replacements) even if it is hidden by LOCKCDR.FLT. You better prevent DaniATAPI.FLT from exporting the CD writer as SCSI device by applying one of the /!SCSI options, because it will be exported by LOCKCDR.FLT now (too). RSJ and UDF peacefully coexist now. 2) BASEDEV=DaniATAPI.FLT This enables full use of the CD writer unit as regular CD ROM device, RSJ writer device, and CDRecord writer device. If your particular model isn't listed in RSJ's cddrv.inf, then you need to paste the LOCKCDR.FLT autodetection info from the RSJ control panel. 3) BASEDEV=DaniATAPI.FLT or or BASEDEV=LOCKCDR.FLT This disables using the CD writer unit as a regular CD ROM drive. You better prevent DaniATAPI.FLT from exporting the CD writer as SCSI device by applying one of the /!SCSI options, because it will be exported by LOCKCDR.FLT now (too). Both RSJ and CDRecord may use the writer. If your CD writer model isn't listed in cddrv.inf, LOCKCDR.FLT from RSJ 3.x and above will autodetect and autoconfigure it. 4) BASEDEV=DaniATAPI.FLT BASEDEV=LOCKCDR.FLT DEVICE=JJSCDROM.DMD /W This is similar to the section above, but DaniATAPI will not install the additional backdoor; with the /W option JJSCDROM will grab the WORM unit exported by LOCKCDR.FLT. That said, I will tell you that I have issues with DaniS506 version 1.8.1 and DaniATAPI 0.4.0 (with my CONFIG.SYS as it is for the earlier versions - 1.7.10 and 0.3.18, respectively - my DVD is not recognized at all, so I need to troubleshoot this...probably at Warpstock, where I can get some of my friends with know-how to help me figure it out!). So, you may want to first try the versions I am using. I have successfully written double-layer DVDs and finalized them with RSJ 6.0. > On Sun, 06 May 2007 10:59:47 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > > >> Hi, Howard! >> >> On 05/06/07 10:36 am, Howard Winter thus wrote : >> >>> Lewis, >>> >>> On Fri, 04 May 2007 17:49:57 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> ... >>>> Hakan and I have very similar machines. I am able to burn DVDs on mine >>>> (I've been using those nifty DL - double layer - discs recently; wow, >>>> what a nice, hefty capacity!). The only time I have trouble burning a >>>> DVD is when there is copy protection on the disc (as expected). >>>> >>>> >>> Are these data disks (basically just copying files) or video, capable of being played in home DVD players? How do you create them? (I attended >>> Alex's DVD lecture at Warpstock Europe, so if you're creating video DVDs I think I have the information - it's data DVDs that I need to create). >>> >>> >>> >> The DVDs which do not copy for me (no surprise) are video DVDs, not >> data. So, for instance, if I want to knock off a copy of one of the >> girls' DVDs so that it won't get so badly beaten up in the car (i.e., a >> copy for my own personal use, as allowed by US copyright law), I am >> unable to do so. RSJ shows a negative amount of required disk space, >> effectively making the copy operation impossible. Again, I am not >> surprised by this behavior whatsoever. >> >>>> Hakan, I also use the Staples-branded discs (-R's and RW's), and they >>>> usually work fine for me under RSJ 6. From the System page in CD-Writer >>>> Control, my system reports: >>>> >>>> MATSHITA "DVD-RAM UJ-842 " RB01 "MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-842 " N/A cdatapi >>>> disabled RAW-3 MATSHITADVD-RAM_UJ-842__R >>>> >>>> >>> I have RSJ 6, but there isn't a System page under CD-Writer Control, only General / Cache / Recorder / Status / Info tabs, and none of those mention >>> the drive - where did you find the information above? >>> >>> >>> >> In between Status and Info, I have a System tab. >> >> From CONFIG.SYS: >> >> DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\JJSCDROM.DMD /V /FC+ /FX+ /FM+ /R:1 /W >> >> [...] >> >> BASEDEV=DANIATAP.FLT /EJ /A:1 /U:0 /TYPE:ZWL /RSJ >> >> [...] >> >> REM *** RSJ CD-Writer File System *** >> BASEDEV=LOCKCDR.FLT >> REM BASEDEV=RSJIDECD.FLT >> DEVICE=J:\CDWFS\RSJSCSI.SYS >> IFS=J:\CDWFS\CDWFS.IFS >> RUN=J:\CDWFS\CDWFSD.EXE -p "C:/VAR/TEMP" -c80000 -b16384 -t2 -i3 -s0 >> REM *** RSJ CD-Writer File System *** >> >> (I think those are all the pertinent lines.) >> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> >>> >> And to you, my friend. >> >> -- >> Lewis >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE >> Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC >> Accountants / Network Consultants >> New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com >> eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com >> Novell Users Int'l www.novell.com/openenterpriseserver >> Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to >> Send administrative queries to >> To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: and reply to the confirmation email. >> Web archives are publicly available at: http://lists.2rosenthals.com >> >> This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC >> P.O. 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