Try using cdrecord.

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, YH wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sorry, I am new to linux USB. I've just bought a USB enclosure for DVD
> RW. I use the DVD for file backup purpose. I don't know how to format
> the DVD disk in linux, so I format the disk in Window, then I change to
> linux (Mandrake 9.1) and mount it to scd0 with the command: "mount
> /dev/scd0 ./DVD", it came with the message that the scd0 is a read only
> file system, so I can only read from the DVD, cannot write to it. My
> question are:
>
> (1) How can I format the DVD blank disk in linux?
> (2) How can I change the scd0 from read only to read & write?
>
> Thanks and appreciate your helps.
>
> Geny
>
>
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