>From: Andy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Here's the results of our testing of the HP 100i and 200i Drives under
>> Linux.
>>
>> DVD+RW:
>>
>> but deleting
>> requires a re-format, and re-writing.
> ^^^^^^^^^ Re-format is not required. Moreover re-format
>has a side effect. It looks like lead-in gets moved closer to center
>with every re-format and if you re-format many times you start getting
>positioning errors in the beginning of the disk and after several more
>reformats the disk gets rendered totally useless. So don't reformat,
>just write over.
How do you realize this?
I did not yet format a disk, because from reading the documentation,
your tools are not a complete implementaion and as I only own two media
I did not yet dare to format one. Note that it is no possible to
put a DVD+RW medium back into a maiden state :-(
J�rg
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