"S. Newhouse" wrote:
> Civileme writes:
> > Ummm--don't you have to blank CDRWs before writing to them?
> >
> > Civileme
> >
> OK,
>
> Here is the output of trying to blank the CDRW:
> ----------------------------------
> cdrecord: Cannot blank disk, aborting.
>
> What now?
>
> -Thanks,
>
> -sen
Have you tried with the -force switch?
>From the man page:
-force Force to continue on some errors. This option cur�
rently implements some tricks that will allow you
to blank bad CD-RW disks.
blank
If used together with the -force flag, this option may be
used to blank CD-RW disks that otherwise cannot be
blanked. Note that you may need to specify blank=all
because some drives will not continue with certain types
of bad CD-RW disks. Note also that cdecord does it's best
if the -force flag is used but it finally depends on the
drive's firmware whether the blanking operation will suc�
ceed or not.
