Burning backup to dvd

[Paul Howarth]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 July 2006 16:56, Ed Kim wrote:
>> Ed Kim wrote:
>>> Can you attempt to use a different DVD media?  in the past, when I have
>>> seen cdrecord spit,
>>>
>>> Disk type:    unknown dye (reserved id code)
>>>
>>> A change in media manufacturers or a double check on +R/-R capabilities
>>> and disc types does the trick.
> The disk I had been working with was a TDK 1-16x DVD-R disk.  Interestingly, 
> these disks work without a problem on my stand-alone Lite-On hardware 
> recorder, yet give endless problems on my daughter's, which is the same model 
> and age.
> 
> I found one Imation DVD-R and issued the burn command again, and to my 
> surprise it burned immediately.  The burn area looks about the right size, 
> too, but I can't read it.  I'm guessing that it's not fixed.  Do you think 
> that's it?

I've only ever seen that with DVD+R media before. I fixate those with 
cdrecord:

# cdrecord -v -fix

Paul.