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MrPatRyan · 10-05-2009, 05:21 PM

OK - I fixed this problem.

I neglected to mention that part of the hardware configuration involves a IDE to SCSI bridge adapter that sticks onto the back of the DVD ROM. If I connect the Optiarc 7220 onto the IDE port rather than SCSI (adapter) it works fine, writes to DVD's of all flavors all day long.

What's weird is other brands of DVD RW drives DO work on the IDE to SCSI adapter, in particular Memorex MRX-530L. I guess their are subtle differences in the IDE codes that not all will work on the SCSI converter.

So, I just switched the make and model of the DVD RW drive and now it works fine on my Solaris 10 x86 server setup using SCSI.

10-05-2009, 05:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
MrPatRyan Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2 OS: XP Pro SP2	Re: Solaris 10 x86 DVD-RW Funky Behavior on Writes OK - I fixed this problem. I neglected to mention that part of the hardware configuration involves a IDE to SCSI bridge adapter that sticks onto the back of the DVD ROM. If I connect the Optiarc 7220 onto the IDE port rather than SCSI (adapter) it works fine, writes to DVD's of all flavors all day long. What's weird is other brands of DVD RW drives DO work on the IDE to SCSI adapter, in particular Memorex MRX-530L. I guess their are subtle differences in the IDE codes that not all will work on the SCSI converter. So, I just switched the make and model of the DVD RW drive and now it works fine on my Solaris 10 x86 server setup using SCSI.