k3b and burning a DVD-R

[anonprivate]

I tried to burn the the kubuntu 16.04 LTS to a DVD-R.

I simulated the burning process and things appeared to go well.

I then attempted to burn the iso file to the DVD-R, and it failed.

The DVD-R is now recognised as blank, and the overall message stated: ' error while reading sector 0'.

I give below the debug report

Burned media
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DVD-R Sequential

Devices
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HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-H31N B109 (/dev/sr0, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL) [DVD-ROM, DVD-R Sequential, DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, RAW/R16, RAW/R96P, RAW/R96R, Restricted Overwrite] [%7]

K3b:ataTrackReader
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reading sectors 0 to 775959 with sector size 2048. Length: 775960 sectors, 1589166080 bytes.

System
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K3b Version: 2.0.2
KDE Version: 4.13.3
QT Version: 4.8.6
Kernel: 4.4.0-71-generic

Used versions
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growisofs: 7.1

growisofs
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Executing 'builtin_dd if=/dev/fd/0 of=/dev/sr0 obs=32k seek=0'
/dev/sr0: engaging DVD-R DAO upon user request...
/dev/sr0: reserving 775960 blocks
/dev/sr0: "Current Write Speed" is 16.4x1352KBps.
0/1589166080 ( 0.0%) @0x, remaining ??:?? RBU 100.0% UBU 0.0%
=== last message repeated 2 times. ===
1310720/1589166080 ( 0.1%) @0.3x, remaining 262:28 RBU 100.0% UBU 7.0%
30146560/1589166080 ( 1.9%) @6.2x, remaining 13:47 RBU 100.0% UBU 83.9%
61636608/1589166080 ( 3.9%) @6.8x, remaining 8:15 RBU 100.0% UBU 83.9%
93585408/1589166080 ( 5.9%) @6.9x, remaining 6:07 RBU 100.0% UBU 83.9%
126091264/1589166080 ( 7.9%) @7.0x, remaining 5:01 RBU 100.0% UBU 83.9%
159023104/1589166080 (10.0%) @7.1x, remaining 4:29 RBU 100.0% UBU 83.9%
192479232/1589166080 (12.1%) @7.2x, remaining 3:59 RBU 99.9% UBU 83.9%
226361344/1589166080 (14.2%) @7.3x, remaining 3:36 RBU 100.0% UBU 83.9%
260833280/1589166080 (16.4%) @7.5x, remaining 3:23 RBU 100.0% UBU 83.9%
295698432/1589166080 (18.6%) @7.6x, remaining 3:08 RBU 100.0% UBU 83.9%
331087872/1589166080 (20.8%) @7.7x, remaining 2:54 RBU 100.0% UBU 83.9%
367001600/1589166080 (23.1%) @7.8x, remaining 2:46 RBU 100.0% UBU 83.9%
403308544/1589166080 (25.4%) @7.9x, remaining 2:35 RBU 100.0% UBU 83.9%
440139776/1589166080 (27.7%) @8.0x, remaining 2:26 RBU 100.0% UBU 83.9%
477495296/1589166080 (30.0%) @8.1x, remaining 2:19 RBU 100.0% UBU 83.9%
504856576/1589166080 (31.8%) @5.9x, remaining 2:15 RBU 100.0% UBU 83.9%
529924096/1589166080 (33.3%) @5.4x, remaining 2:11 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
568426496/1589166080 (35.8%) @8.3x, remaining 2:05 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
607420416/1589166080 (38.2%) @8.4x, remaining 1:57 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
646905856/1589166080 (40.7%) @8.5x, remaining 1:50 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
686850048/1589166080 (43.2%) @8.6x, remaining 1:45 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
727285760/1589166080 (45.8%) @8.8x, remaining 1:38 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
768212992/1589166080 (48.3%) @8.9x, remaining 1:31 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
809631744/1589166080 (50.9%) @9.0x, remaining 1:26 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
851542016/1589166080 (53.6%) @9.1x, remaining 1:20 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
893976576/1589166080 (56.3%) @9.2x, remaining 1:14 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
936869888/1589166080 (59.0%) @9.3x, remaining 1:09 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
980221952/1589166080 (61.7%) @9.4x, remaining 1:03 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
1024032768/1589166080 (64.4%) @9.5x, remaining 0:58 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
1068400640/1589166080 (67.2%) @9.6x, remaining 0:53 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
1113260032/1589166080 (70.1%) @9.7x, remaining 0:48 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
1158545408/1589166080 (72.9%) @9.8x, remaining 0:43 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
1204387840/1589166080 (75.8%) @9.9x, remaining 0:38 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
1250656256/1589166080 (78.7%) @10.0x, remaining 0:33 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
1297448960/1589166080 (81.6%) @10.1x, remaining 0:28 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
1344733184/1589166080 (84.6%) @10.2x, remaining 0:23 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
1392476160/1589166080 (87.6%) @10.3x, remaining 0:18 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
1440710656/1589166080 (90.7%) @10.4x, remaining 0:14 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
1477935104/1589166080 (93.0%) @8.1x, remaining 0:10 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%
1477935104/1589166080 (93.0%) @0.0x, remaining 0:10 RBU 100.0% UBU 100.0%
=== last message repeated 2 times. ===
1512210432/1589166080 (95.2%) @7.4x, remaining 0:07 RBU 100.0% UBU 86.2%

growisofs command:
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/usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/sr0=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=4gms -use-the-force-luke=tracksize:775960 -use-the-force-luke=dao:775960 -dvd-compat -speed=16 -use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m

Can anyone advise

Thank you.

[GreyGeek]

Try again on a NEW DVD disc without doing a simulation.

[anonprivate]

Thank you for responding.

That is interesting. Is there something in the debug report that suggests that the simulation ruined the subsequent burn?

I had the option of simulating, I assumed that the idea of simulation is to test if a burn is likely to be successful.

There is also the option to verify. I assume that this is a desirable option!

[dequire]

There is also the option to verify. I assume that this is a desirable option!

Absolutely! Verification allows you to 'verify' that the disc image is identical to the original.