dvd+rw blanking

[david walcroft]

Mike Burger wrote:

>I get the same thing with the DVD+RW I use.
>
>Instead, I just use a command line setup, like so:
>
>cdrecord.prodvd dev=ATA:1,1,0 gracetime=2 fs=4096k -v -useinfo speed=4 -ej
>ect -data /path/to/data.iso
>
>In my case, my DVD writer is secondary slave in my IDE setup, so the 
>device is dev=ATA:1,1,0.
>
>On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, david walcroft wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>   I use a pioneer DVR 108 dvd burner (dual layer) and I can not blank a 
>>+rw with
>> xcdroast or cdrecord,as root I get in FC3 xcdroast
>>
>>"cdrecord.prodvd: Cannot blank with non Ricoh based drive.
>>cdrecord.prodvd: Cannot blank disk, aborting.
>>cdrecord.prodvd: Some drives do not support all blank types.
>>cdrecord.prodvd: Try again with cdrecord blank=all"
>>
>>In # 'cdrecord blank=all'  I get
>>
>>sg.c    1.83 04/05/20 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
>>Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
>>Version        : 0
>>Response Format: 2
>>Capabilities   :
>>Vendor_info    : 'PIONEER '
>>Identifikation : 'DVD-RW  DVR-108 '
>>Revision       : '1.06'
>>Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
>>cdrecord: Found DVD media: using cdr_mdvd.
>>Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd).
>>Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
>>Supported modes: PACKET SAO
>>scsi_set_streaming
>>Speed set to 3324 KB/s
>>Starting to write CD/DVD at speed   2.0 in real BLANK mode for single 
>>session.
>>Last chance to quit, starting real write    0 seconds. Operation starts.
>>cdrecord: OPC failed.
>>Error: this media does not support blanking, ignoring.
>>This drive or media does not support the 'BLANK media' command
>>cdrecord: Cannot blank disk, aborting.
>>
>>Looking at that its saying the drive is only a dvd-rw when it is a +rw 
>>having burnt
>>a FC3-t3 Iso to a +rw.
>>
>>  Thanks    david
>>
>>    
>>
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>
Mike,
        Sorry didn't work just sat there and didn't blank.

  Thanks   david