Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 20:20:25 -0700 From: "Carl Delsey" <cdelsey@qwest.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: problems burning multi session dvd-rw Message-ID: <20050802032025.GA69214@localhost.local> In-Reply-To: <20050729101503.GB800@gothic.blackend.org> References: <42E869DA.9020500@open-networks.net> <20050728092524.GA609@gothic.blackend.org> <42E9D7FB.2050401@open-networks.net> <20050729101503.GB800@gothic.blackend.org>
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On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 12:15:03PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 05:17:15PM +1000, Timothy Smith wrote: > > Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > > > >On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 03:15:06PM +1000, Timothy Smith wrote: > > > > > > > > >>i'm having some troubles burning a multi session dvd-rw. i blanked te > > >>dvd to make sure it was in sequential mode > > >> > > >>%dvd+rw-format /dev/cd0a -blank > > >>* DVD\uffffRW format utility by <appro@fy.chalmers.se>, version 4.9. > > >>* 4.7GB DVD-RW media in Sequential mode detected. > > >>* blanking 100.0| > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >[...] > > > > > >Try to upgrade to a more up to date version of dvd+rw-tools and try with > > >-blank=full option. > > > > > >Marc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i cvsup'd to the latest and still the same thing, any ideas? > > Did you use "-blank=full" or "-blank"? > Did you have the same issue with all DVD-RW brands? Is your DVD burner > firmware up to date? Is your DVD burner mentioned on dvd+rw-tools' > hardware page? I couldn't get -blank or -blank=full to properly erase a DVD-RAM and I had to resort to "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/cd0 bs=2048". That worked for me. YMMV. Carl
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