Arno, et all:
Thanks for the pointers to these sites. The depths of the optical media
world is one that most people can usually take for granted but when one
finds oneself in the Bacula DVD business, then these depths are important to
understand (such as these terms).
Cheers,
-H
On 11/1/07, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> 01.11.2007 17:55,, Hydro Meteor wrote::
> > Hello all --
> >
> > I'm trying to get my semantic understanding correct. The Bacula User's
> > Guide regarding DVD use states the following:
> >
> > Reformatting DVD+RW 10-20 times can apparently make the medium
> > unusable. Normally you should not have to format or reformat DVD+RW
> > media. If it is necessary, current versions of growisofs will do so
> > automatically.
> >
> >
> > Is "reformatting" the same as "blanking" (meaning, writing ASCII NULL
> > characters to, say, the entire disc if blanking the entire disc)?
> >
> > Thanks for any clarification on the terminology.
>
> Using some of my older notes, and my old friend google, the best thing
> I can offer are some links:
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg11301.html
>
> and
>
> http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/
>
> on the latter page, go to the paragraph starting with "Formatting the
> BD and DVD+RW media."
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Arno
>
> > Cheers.
> >
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