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Date:      Sat, 22 May 2004 14:29:33 +0200
From:      Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org>
To:        Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: growisofs problem
Message-ID:  <20040522122933.GC5695@abigail.blackend.org>
In-Reply-To: <40AE790E.90009@mitre.org>
References:  <40AE790E.90009@mitre.org>

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On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 05:47:58PM -0400, Jason Andresen wrote:
> In 5.2.1-RELEASE, I get the following message when I attempt to 
> overwrite a DVD-RW that already contains some data:
> 
> WARNING: /dev/cd2 already carries isofs!
> About to execute 'mkisofs -R -J -f /tmp/burndvd/ | builtin_dd 
> of=/dev/pass4 obs=32k seek=0'
> mkisofs: Warning: -follow-links does not always work correctly; be careful.
> /dev/pass4: "Current Write Speed" is 2.0x1385KBps.
> :-[ WRITE@LBA=0h failed with SK=5h/ASC=21h/ACQ=02h]: Invalid argument
> :-( attempt to re-run with -dvd-compat -dvd-compat to engage DAO or 
> apply full blanking procedure
> :-( write failed: Invalid argument
> 
> Is there a way to burn on DVD-RWs without going through the extremely 
> long blanking procedure.  I've found that if I go and reformat the disc 
> it works, but it takes _forever_.
>

Your DVD-RW is in sequential mode, you should put it in restricted
overwrite format which allow you to use it like a DVD+RW.

For more informations read:
12.6.6 Using a DVD-RW
in
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-dvds.html

Marc



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