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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:05:55 -0600 (CST)
From: "Brian John" <brianjohn@fusemail.com>
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Subject: Re: cannot erase cd-rw
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How can I forcibly erase a disk?  So far I have been unable to get this to
work...

Thanks

/Brian


----- Original Message -----

> On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 12:16:35PM -0600, Brian John wrote:
> > For some reason, I can't erase cd-rws.  I have tried K3b, cdrecord and
> > burncd.  Below is the output from cdrecord, can someone please help out?
>
> Well, I can confirm the issue. I have the same problem with 6.0-STABLE
> amd64.  Additionally, burning DVD+RW (with dvd+rwtools) sometimes
> produces unmountable discs. Forcebly erasing the disks and retrying helps.
>
> Roland
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