Hi, 01.11.2007 17:55,, Hydro Meteor wrote:: > Hello all -- > > I'm trying to get my semantic understanding correct. The Bacula User's > Guide regarding DVD use states the following: > > Reformatting DVD+RW 10-20 times can apparently make the medium > unusable. Normally you should not have to format or reformat DVD+RW > media. If it is necessary, current versions of growisofs will do so > automatically. > > > Is "reformatting" the same as "blanking" (meaning, writing ASCII NULL > characters to, say, the entire disc if blanking the entire disc)? > > Thanks for any clarification on the terminology.
Using some of my older notes, and my old friend google, the best thing I can offer are some links: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg11301.html and http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ on the latter page, go to the paragraph starting with "Formatting the BD and DVD+RW media." Hope this helps, Arno > Cheers. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
