Re: "empty" disc undeer f11/f10

[Robin Laing <Robin Laing drdc-rddc gc ca>]

Christoph Höger wrote:

> Am Montag, den 25.05.2009, 14:11 -0600 schrieb Robin Laing:
> > Christoph Höger wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > something strange happened today. I got an _important_ cd and simply
> > > wanted to copy the data from it. My kernel thinks its empty ("this disc
> > > doesn't ..."). But under Vista I can read the data. Is that some kind of
> > > windows magic? Unfinished disc or stuff or did I encounter a bug?
> > >
> > > regards
> > >
> > > christoph
> > Possible mulitsession disk that wasn't created properly.  I have had 
> > that happened in the past.  Check to see how much blank space there is. 
> >     The session may not have been closed properly.
> >
> > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/multisession-dvd-is-there-a-solution-578418/
> >
> >
> > This may be useful.
> >
> > http://www.theblackpawn.com/step-by-step-tutorial-to-burn-a-multisession-cd-in-linux.php
> >
> > --
> > Robin Laing


> Hi all,
>
> thanks for your advice. It seems that disc was indeed not finalized. I
> wonder if there is a way to determine that (trying to burn such a disc
> after thinking "wohoo found an empty one" surely would make things
> worse).

I agree.  It would be nice if there was a default way to test for 
multi-session disks and their status.  Is that kernel or some other 
application?

Glad I pointed you in the right direction.