DVD-RW cannot be formatted or blanked
CodeHeads
ch at code-heads.com
Sun Dec 18 17:12:53 UTC 2005
Markus Huber wrote:
> Dear people,
>
> I try to blank resp. format a DVD-RW with following command and
> following output.
>
> [markus at fc4 ~]$ dvd+rw-format /dev/cdrom
> * DVD\uffffRW/-RAM format utility by <appro at fy.chalmers.se>, version 4.10.
> Error trying to open /dev/cdrom exclusively ... retrying in 1 second.
> Error trying to open /dev/cdrom exclusively ... retrying in 1 second.
>
> Same error I get when I use:
> $ cdrecord blank
>
> What am I doing wrong? It is the first time I use a DVD-RW on
> Fedora/Linux/at all, and Google is not my friend in this case.
>
> Thank you for help
> Markus Huber
>
Make sure the cd is *not* mounted. I ran into that same problem when it
is mounted.
~WILL~
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