From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 22 05:30:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64DA216A4FB for ; Sat, 22 May 2004 05:30:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.35.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7EA743D2D for ; Sat, 22 May 2004 05:30:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.9/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i4MCTcas006280; Sat, 22 May 2004 14:29:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.9/8.12.3/Submit) id i4MCTXNv006279; Sat, 22 May 2004 14:29:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 14:29:33 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Jason Andresen Message-ID: <20040522122933.GC5695@abigail.blackend.org> References: <40AE790E.90009@mitre.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40AE790E.90009@mitre.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: growisofs problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 12:30:20 -0000 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