How do I blank a DVD+RW with cdrecord or cdrw?

I have tried both a Samsung ATAPI burner, and a USB connected Samsung,
and I get the same errors with both.

spiff:~ (215)> /bin/cdrecord dev=0,1,0 blank=all
Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01.01a10 (i386-pc-solaris2.11) Copyright (C) 1995-2006 J�rg Schilling
scsidev: '0,1,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 1 lun: 0
Warning: Using USCSI interface.
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : 'TSSTcorp'
Identifikation : 'CD/DVDW SH-S182D'
Revision       : 'SB04'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc-3 DVD+RW driver (mmc_dvdplusrw).
Driver flags   : DVD MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE 
Supported modes: PACKET SAO
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in real BLANK mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write    0 seconds. Operation starts.
/bin/cdrecord.bin: Cannot blank with non Ricoh based drive.
/bin/cdrecord.bin: Cannot blank disk, aborting.


spiff:~ (211)> env LC_ALL=C cdrw -b all
Looking for CD devices...
Blanking cannot be done on DVD+RW media

I can erase the DVD+RW using the USB Samsung with Ulead DVD movie
factory, or using my wifes iMac, so it is obviously not a hardware
problem.

I'm running snv_67 on x86 btw.

Thomas Tornblom <thomas@Hax.SE> writes:
> How do I blank a DVD+RW with cdrecord or cdrw?

You don't.

> I can erase the DVD+RW using the USB Samsung with Ulead DVD movie
> factory, or using my wifes iMac, so it is obviously not a hardware
> problem.

As the man page says:

     DVD+RW media does not  support  erasing.  To  re-use  DVD+RW
     media, simply write a new image onto the media. cdrw formats
     and overwrites the existing media automatically.

The medium itself (as defined by the standard) doesn't support
blanking.  I guess they figured nobody ever needed to do that.

(No, I have no idea what your wife's iMac is doing when asked to do
the impossible.  ;-})

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On Jun 21, 11:37 am, James Carlson <james.d.carl...@sun.com> wrote:
> Thomas Tornblom <tho...@Hax.SE> writes:
> > How do I blank a DVD+RW with cdrecord or cdrw?
> You don't.
> > I can erase the DVD+RW using the USB Samsung with Ulead DVD movie
> > factory, or using my wifes iMac, so it is obviously not a hardware
> > problem.
> As the man page says:
>      DVD+RW media does not  support  erasing.  To  re-use  DVD+RW
>      media, simply write a new image onto the media. cdrw formats
>      and overwrites the existing media automatically.
> The medium itself (as defined by the standard) doesn't support
> blanking.  I guess they figured nobody ever needed to do that.
> (No, I have no idea what your wife's iMac is doing when asked to do
> the impossible.  ;-})

Indeed. FWIW I attempted the same thing on a FeeCee laptop I have
which claimed to
fully erase a DVD+RW disk I had with the free (ham-strung) Power2Go
included.
But, after inserting the DVD back into a SPARC the files were still
there... Go figure.

Thomas Tornblom <thomas@Hax.SE> writes:

> How do I blank a DVD+RW with cdrecord or cdrw?

You don't.
DVD+RW can be written to over and over again without erasing it. Just
burn a new iso or other file to it. It will just work.

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gerryt <lepsysinc@gmail.com> writes:

> On Jun 21, 11:37 am, James Carlson <james.d.carl...@sun.com> wrote:
>> Thomas Tornblom <tho...@Hax.SE> writes:
>> > How do I blank a DVD+RW with cdrecord or cdrw?
>> You don't.
>> > I can erase the DVD+RW using the USB Samsung with Ulead DVD movie
>> > factory, or using my wifes iMac, so it is obviously not a hardware
>> > problem.
>> As the man page says:
>>      DVD+RW media does not  support  erasing.  To  re-use  DVD+RW
>>      media, simply write a new image onto the media. cdrw formats
>>      and overwrites the existing media automatically.
>> The medium itself (as defined by the standard) doesn't support
>> blanking.  I guess they figured nobody ever needed to do that.
>> (No, I have no idea what your wife's iMac is doing when asked to do
>> the impossible.  ;-})
>
> Indeed. FWIW I attempted the same thing on a FeeCee laptop I have
> which claimed to
> fully erase a DVD+RW disk I had with the free (ham-strung) Power2Go
> included.
> But, after inserting the DVD back into a SPARC the files were still
> there... Go figure.
>
>

But I can write on an "erased" DVD+RW with cdrw or cdrecord, but not
on a "non erased" disc.

So how is DVD+RW media supposed to be rewritten unless I blank it
first? Or do I have to boot windows for this, or use my wifes mac?

Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> writes:

> Thomas Tornblom <thomas@Hax.SE> writes:
>
>> How do I blank a DVD+RW with cdrecord or cdrw?
>
> You don't.
> DVD+RW can be written to over and over again without erasing it. Just
> burn a new iso or other file to it. It will just work.

Thanks. I just found out that using "-dao" with cdrecord appears to
work.

>
> -- 
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> ++ http://nagual.nl/ + Solaris 11 05/07 ++

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Thomas

In article <x0abuowovo.fsf@Hax.SE>, Thomas Tornblom  <thomas@Hax.SE> wrote:
>Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> writes:
>
>> Thomas Tornblom <thomas@Hax.SE> writes:
>>
>>> How do I blank a DVD+RW with cdrecord or cdrw?
>>
>> You don't.
>> DVD+RW can be written to over and over again without erasing it. Just
>> burn a new iso or other file to it. It will just work.
>
>Thanks. I just found out that using "-dao" with cdrecord appears to
>work.

This is only needed if you use an outdated version of cdrecord.

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URL:  http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily

I use the one shipped with snv_67.

spiff:~ (251)> cdrecord -version
Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01.01a10 (i386-pc-solaris2.11) Copyright (C) 1995-2006 J�rg Schilling

In article <x01wg0w2zh.fsf@Hax.SE>, Thomas Tornblom  <thomas@Hax.SE> wrote:
>I use the one shipped with snv_67.
>
>spiff:~ (251)> cdrecord -version
>Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01.01a10 (i386-pc-solaris2.11) Copyright (C) 1995-2006 J�rg Schilling

This version is one year old now and a lot of things did change.

I did recommend Sun to upgrade to 2.01.01a27 a few weeks ago, but 
it seems that there was a change with the packet maintainer.

BTW: 2 weeks ago, I did compile 2.01.01a27 for Blastwave.
If you do not like to compile yourself, you only need to wait until
the packages are made available to people outside of Blastwave...


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URL:  http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily

js@cs.tu-berlin.de (Joerg Schilling) writes:
 
> I did recommend Sun to upgrade to 2.01.01a27 a few weeks ago, but it
> seems that there was a change with the packet maintainer.

Nice to know that. I was a bit puzzled of why the developers edition
of 05/07 still has this old cdrecord version. Later versions are much
better, that's for sure. and this -dao thing is done automagically:)
 
> BTW: 2 weeks ago, I did compile 2.01.01a27 for Blastwave.  If you do
> not like to compile yourself, you only need to wait until the
> packages are made available to people outside of Blastwave...

Compiling it yourself on S10 /S11 is very easy too.

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