cdrecord cannot blank CD RW- - what about formating them.

[Gene Heskett]

Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 23:02 +0530, nirlep patel wrote:
>> well my suggestion is you should follow this path:
>>
>> I am using Fedora Core 4. 
>>
>> Application -> Sound & Video -> K3b
>>
>> I used with this and I have erased my CD-RW so many times, just go
>> through this , it's a very easy.
>>
>> hope you will solve..
>>
> I have to complain here. It would be nice if Linux could format these
> CD-s , not just erase them.

One does not 'format' a cd/r. The format is established as it is written 
since it is not a discrete track oriented format, but is a single spiral 
track somewhat resembling a phonograph record but inside out.

> Or does someone know how to format a CD-RW?
> 
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Cheers, Gene