"empty" disc undeer f11/f10

[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