How to Record A DVD?

[Vadim]

I never have to manually pre-format DVD+ media.  Maybe Gnome
automatically does it for me.  I use the gnome GUI for burning media.
-V
On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 11:08, Jerone Young wrote:
> 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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