[solved] How to find DVD+RW speed?

WyoPBS · 2012-06-03 15:51:51

Normally I do "rolling release" hardware upgrades, that is I buy components as time and money and need dictates. But after a recent hard drive failure, I found that a local retailer had a Lenovo of decent quality for far less than it would cost me to buy a new motherboard/hard drive combo.

I mention this because for the first time, I don't really know the details of the hardware I got. Lenovo's own support site lets you find out configuration details but when you put in the serial number you get a 404 page written in Chinese. The hard drive, motherboard, etc. are all labeled so I can look them up by manufacturer, but the DVD+RW has no such identifying marks on it.

So if I want to write to the drive at the highest possible speed without knowing its limits, I have no idea what those limits are. 16x? 24x? 32x? 48x?

Is there a tool that can tell me? I thought hdparm had that info, but it does not.

Last edited by WyoPBS (2012-06-03 20:51:20)

thisoldman · 2012-06-03 16:38:42

Try

$ wodim -prcap

Edit: 'wodim' is included in 'extra/cdrkit'.

Last edited by thisoldman (2012-06-03 16:52:57)

anonymous_user · 2012-06-03 17:07:58

You could also try this to find your CD/DVD drive model and then look that up in Google:

cat /var/log/dmesg.log | egrep '(CD|DVD)'

WyoPBS · 2012-06-03 20:50:51

Perfect, thisoldman! It's a Sony Optiarc AD-7290H, but searches for that turned up nothing useful in terms of capabilities. But wodim listed all possible write speeds... exactly what I needed.

Last edited by WyoPBS (2012-06-04 04:23:45)

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[solved] How to find DVD+RW speed?

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