Unable to blank DVD+R R/W

[Robert G. (Doc) Savage]

On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 10:14 +0200, Joachim Backes wrote:
> Hi JD,
> 
> On my box:
> 
> growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/sr0=/dev/zero
> WARNING: /dev/sr0 already carries isofs!
> About to execute 'builtin_dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sr0 obs=32k seek=0'
> /dev/sr0: restarting DVD+RW format...
> /dev/sr0: "Current Write Speed" is 4.1x1352KBps.
>    21626880/4700372992 ( 0.5%) @4.0x, remaining 18:01 RBU 100.0% UBU   3.1%
>    40108032/4700372992 ( 0.9%) @4.0x, remaining 15:29 RBU 100.0% UBU 100.0%
>    58589184/4700372992 ( 1.2%) @4.0x, remaining 14:31 RBU 100.0% UBU 100.0%
>    77070336/4700372992 ( 1.6%) @4.0x, remaining 14:59 RBU 100.0% UBU 100.0%
>    95551488/4700372992 ( 2.0%) @4.0x, remaining 14:27 RBU 100.0% UBU 100.0%
> 
> ...

FYI: When using growisofs from other dvd+rw-tools versions, one may need
to use /dev/dvd rather than /dev/sr0. This is true for RHEL5's
dvd+rw-tools-7.0-1, compared to F13's dvd+rw-tools-7.1-4.

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL