On Wed, 5 May 2010, Polytropon wrote:
On Wed, 5 May 2010 09:59:35 -0700, Gary Kline <[email protected]> wrote:
(I did try
# cdrecord dev=1,0,0 foo.iso
on a non-empty and and empty DVD. no joy.
I'm not sure it's safe to use cdrecord for DVDs. Anyway, I
always wqas lucky using growisofs (from port dvd+rw-tools).
This is the command:
# growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=foo.iso
You can replace /dev/dvd with the ATAPICAM device refering
to your DVD recorder, usually something like /dev/cd0. The
command
# camcontrol devlist
shows you the device name (l?ok for the SCSI ID 1,0,0 as
from your cdrecord example).
what are the magic commands to use from the cmdline to
erase my dvd? is there a utility to erase?
In "man growisofs" I found this:
Note that DVD+RW re-formatting procedure does not
substitute for blanking. If you want to nullify
the media, e.g. for privacy reasons, do it
explicitly with 'growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=/dev/zero'.
This should work, or try the respective cdrecord blank=
command (all or fast).
In addition to Polytropon's sage advice, I need to mention that you never
said that these were rewritable DVDs you're working with. Not saying
you're that dumb, but *I* am that dumb so it's the sort of thing I might
have overlooked. Also, make sure that (assuming they are rewritable) they
are the right kind for your drive: the "plus" and "minus" discs are not
the same; that's DVD+RW versus DVD-RW.
--
Chris Hill [email protected]
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