Unable to blank dvd/rw media

[Ed Greshko]

On 03/08/15 09:22, jd1008 wrote:
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> On 03/07/2015 06:08 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 03/08/15 07:58, jd1008 wrote:
>>> Yes, that was cdrecord's output message.
>>> But as I said, the 100 DVD box of Sony dvd/rw media
>>> said loudly "RW".
>>>
>>> So, I do not really  know why cdrecord says what it does.
>> But, "RW" doesn't imply that the "blank" command is supported.
>>
>> Use "format" instead.  And, you also need to specify if it is -RW or +RW.
>>
> +RW
>
> On this drive, I have been able to burn both + and - RW/
>

So, try using dvd+rw-format command which is part of the dvd+rw-tools package.

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