How to Record A DVD?

[Jerone Young]

Yes, but with DVD+R & DVD+RW you have to format before you can use
cdrecord to write to it. Plain & simple fact. With DVD-R you don't
need to do this, it's just like using a CDR.


On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:16:52 -0700, Vadim <vadim at overture.com> wrote:
> Dome DVD writes only use DVD-R/DVD-RW (note the minus), others (like
> mine) use only DVD+R/DVD+RW media. Maybe that's the problem?
> -V
> 
> 
>  On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 03:29, Robert L Cochran wrote:
> > Using this string
> >
> > [root at bobcp4 rlc]# cdrecord -v dev=/dev/hdc FC3-test3-x86_64-DVD.iso
> >
> > I get this error from cdrecord:
> >
> > FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
> > cdrecord: Drive does not support TAO recording.
> > cdrecord: Illegal write mode for this drive.
> >
> >
> > This is what I'm using:
> >
> > Vendor_info    : 'SONY    '
> > Identifikation : 'DVD RW DRU-500A '
> > Revision       : '1.0d'
> > Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
> >
> > And the media is TDK DVD+R.
> >
> > How do I fix this?
> >
> > I did use 'growisofs' to write the DVD with apparent success.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bob Cochran
> > Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
> 
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