Hi, > cdrskin will format and write the medium automatically.
It uses Background Formatting, format type 26h. Mainly inspired by the doings of growisofs and described in http://libburnia-project.org/browser/libburn/trunk/doc/cookbook.txt paragraphs "DVD-RAM, fully formatted DVD+RW, DVD-RW, BD-RE", "Unformatted DVD+RW", "Partly formatted DVD+RW" If an unformatted or partly formatted DVD+RW is detected, then Background Formatting is started. The FORMAT UNIT command is done after a few seconds and writing may begin. When writing is done eventually running Background Formatting is stopped by Close Function 010b. This may lead to partially formatted media. I understand Background Formatting runs ahead of writing. If you write near enough to the end then the media becomes fully formatted. I did not test whether simply waiting without writing will achieve fully formatted media. One may of course format a DVD+RW fully prior to any writing. This will last as long as a full write run. A fully formatted DVD+RW is simpler to handle as it has no further need of re-starting and stopping Background Formatting. But Background Formatting is convenient to the user. So it's worth the additional effort. Have a nice day :) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
