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graysky

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bug w/ 2009.8 x86_64 image or my DVDr?

I just replaced a burnt-out DVDr w/ a new one (Sony Optiarc  AD-7240S-0B) and am finding that my Arch 2009.8 x86_64 disc doesn't boot promptly as it did before.  I have burnt several discs from the iso at different speeds and they all act the same.

Problem: long delay on booting the iso after I select the first menu option.  A bunch of stuff flys by, one relevent line reads:

 driver `sr` needs updating - please use the bus_type methods

Then there is a 20 sec pause and the following message gets repeated:

Buffer I/O error, dev sr0, logical block 93084
sr 4:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
sr 4:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : 0x5 [current]
Info fld=0x2d739
sr 4:0:0:0: [sr0] ASC=0x64 ASCQ=0x0
end_request: I/O error, dev, sr0, sector 744672

This gets repeated many times and there is a delay of about 2 min before it boots properly into the # prompt.  I don't think the problem is with the drive because it reads/boots the 2009.2 x86_64 CD just fine, and I downloaded and burn a Jaunty CDROM which also works just fine.  I am wondering if it's a problem w/ the specific hardware and the 2009.8 x86_64 build?

Thoughts and suggestions are welcomed.

Last edited by graysky (2009-09-27 15:51:18)

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graysky

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Re: bug w/ 2009.8 x86_64 image or my DVDr?

UPDATE:  I went out and purchased a brand new Plextor PX-880AS which does the same thing:

-Long delays when booting the 2009.8 image (both x86_64 and i686)
-Same errors as w/ my Sony drive

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Fou

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Re: bug w/ 2009.8 x86_64 image or my DVDr?

Hi,

I've got the same kind of trouble with my x86_64.iso. I can boot and install any distro with the same hardware, but not with the Arch Linux CD. What's wrong ? I never meet this kind of trouble.

graysky

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Re: bug w/ 2009.8 x86_64 image or my DVDr?

@Fou - it's also the i686 iso.  As I noted above, the 2009.2 (both architectures) work wo/ errors.  When you switch to the 2009.8 (again both architectures), the errors are present.

Last edited by graysky (2009-09-27 18:35:47)

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Fou

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Re: bug w/ 2009.8 x86_64 image or my DVDr?

Ok, i'm downloading 2009.02.

graysky

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Re: bug w/ 2009.8 x86_64 image or my DVDr?

I added an official bug report here.  Please post your details there as I have to help the devs squish this bug.

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crankyadmin

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Re: bug w/ 2009.8 x86_64 image or my DVDr?

Tried both images today... netinstall x86 & x64 both doing the same thing.

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stefanwilkens

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Re: bug w/ 2009.8 x86_64 image or my DVDr?

Simmilar I/O Errors on my server system (IDE COMPAQ CD-ROM LTN486S CD-ROM) when using a burnt image. This does not seem to happen when the image is loaded into virtualbox.

image used: archlinux-2009.08-core-i686.iso

the installation completes perfectly by the way.

Last edited by stefanwilkens (2009-09-27 23:31:58)

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kekules_dream

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Registered: 2009-05-19

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Re: bug w/ 2009.8 x86_64 image or my DVDr?

I too am having I/O errors with the i686 image.  I thought my burner (NEC DVD+RW ND-2100AD) was going out so I burned one using an imac at work that is dual boot mac/arch-64.  From the arch side I got the same I/O errors so decided not to change out my burner at home.  Now here's whats weird:  I logged into the mac side, redownloaded, and burned the disc with DiskUtility and got no such I/O errors.  I realize that doesn't help a lot of people.  I noticed there is no activity on the bug report:

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16374

It is unconfirmed and assigned to no-one.

No one has mentioned it so I will,  the md5 and sha1 sums are fine.

vesz

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Registered: 2009-02-16

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Re: bug w/ 2009.8 x86_64 image or my DVDr?

I can't find the URL again, but I remember reading something about DVD-drives and region codes and it being reported on kernels 2.6.27+

Still, it could be anything, was nice to see that many are having the the problems and knowing that the DVD-drive on my new ThinkPad isn't broken

PoZiTPoH

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Re: bug w/ 2009.8 x86_64 image or my DVDr?

Same here. Helps writing image on dvd, at least for me

kekules_dream

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Re: bug w/ 2009.8 x86_64 image or my DVDr?

I am no longer having this difficulty.  Try this (for the core 64 image only):

wodim -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/sr0 speed=10 -sao driveropts=burnfree -data -tsize=186168s archlinux-2009.08-core-x86_64.iso

this came from k3b and it works for me I no longer get any errors.  I burned it on a cd.

If you have k3b installed just use it.  If you don't have k3b then use the above command for archlinux-2009.08-core-x86_64.iso.

(the tsizes will be different for the other installation isos.  k3b calculates them.)