Alex, I had a similar problem, but with DVDs. I had to used cdrecord-prodvd to blank the disk.
It is a commercial programme some how based on cdrecord. I didn't look into it too much. There is a trial version. So give it a go. http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html Good luck, Greg. On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 07:40 pm, Alexander Samad wrote: > Hi > > I have run in a strange situation using cdrdao, I have written a vcd > image to a cd+rw. My problem is I can not blank this CD now. > > Is this a linux thing, I have tried it with cdrecord + cdrdao both fail > > on my laptop with an ide-scsi drive I get Not ready error, seems like > the drive can't even load the cd > > on my external (firewire) cd burner i get > > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) > Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 > Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0 > Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x00 (write error) Fru 0x0 > Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) > cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 20s > ERROR: Test Unit Ready command failed. > Blanking time: 10 seconds > ERROR: Blanking failed. > > this is from a cdrdao --disk-info > CD-RW : yes > Total Capacity : n/a > CD-R medium : DIGITAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD > Long Strategy Type, e.g. Cyanine > Recording Speed : 0X - 4X > CD-R empty : no > Toc Type : CD-DA or CD-ROM > Sessions : 1 > Last Track : 2 > Appendable : no > > > This external cd burner is the one that burnt the cd's very starnge they > can't read them again, plays okay in dvd player > > I am using 2.6.5-4 (debian) > > Alex -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
