> > > As soon as a put a DVD+RW disc inside the drive and ran > > dvd+rw-format /dev/scd0 I got further, but the disc failed formatting > > after only 2 minutes. (Can't remember the exact error) > > Format procedure is expected to be short. The fact that it tool "only 2 > minutes" doesn't mean it was unsuccessful. > I want to clarify this situation a little further. Without upgrading the firmware to 3.00 on this drive, I was completely unable to successfully format a dvd+rw disc. The process detected the media, began, but failed giving an error I don't recall now.
The moral of this, is to upgrade the firmware immediately otherwise formatting won't even work. > In other words it's plain wrong to > hard-code dvd+rw-booktype into a general purpose script. I agree, I was just desperate to get a burn to work. > > but > > > ... set the book-type to dvd+r spec with > > ??? Most commonly you want to set it to DVD-ROM, which is actually > default factory setting... > It wasn't clear that I could just growisofs to write data to a DVD+R. I'll try this when I get another burner. > > Well, one can only advise to abstain from using dvd+rw-booktype with > external units till further notice. I will. Maybe there should be more warning to others now? -- Joshua Norige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
