Latest, Upgraded to 5.21 which I believe to be the latest release. Tried the -use-the-force-luke switch but still get a FATAL error when running the growisofs command within a CRON job.
If I check the man page for 5.21 it still suggests that this is normal behaviour, it doesn't give any clues as to how it might be overwridden. For the time being I will have to stick to my dvd+rw-format work around although I am not sure this is a good thing with DVD+RW disks. Many thanks for help so far. Mark. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > > Many thanks for the reply. > > I'm trying to earn my christmas gifts. > > > I'm not sure it's an environment problem as the man page for > growisofs > > states in the notes: > > > > *** Man page extract *** > > NOTES > > If the media already carries isofs and growisofs is invoked > with -Z > > option non-interactively, e.g. through cron, it shall fail with > "FATAL: > > /dev/dvd already carries isofs!" Note that only ISO9660 is > recognized, > > you can perfectly zap e.g. an UDF filesystem non-interactively. > > *** Man page extract end*** > > Now this i cannot find in dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8/growisofs.1 > which is the current version at > http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/tools/?M=D > > > > and this is exactly what I see. If I format the DVD first then the > > problem is solved but there appears to be some concern over keep > > formatting a DVD+RW. > > > > I am using: > > > > growisofs by <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, version 5.13, > > That is quite old. Nevertheless, Luke's Force should be worth > a try. I once needed it with 5.2 (or was it 5.3 ?) and since > then it does protect me. > > But it seems not to be necessary any more for that original > purpose. It got new jobs, nevertheless. > See the history at the beginning of > http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/tools/growisofs.c > > The man page of 5.21 says : > There're several undocumented options commonly denoted > with -use-the-force-luke prefix. Some of them serve debug > ging purposes. Some require certain knowledge about > recording process or even OS kernel internals and as being > such can induce confusing behaviour. Some are to be used > in very specific situations better recognized by front- > ends or automated scripts. Rationale behind leaving these > options undocumented is that those few users who would > actually need to use them directly can as well consult the > source code or obtain specific instructions elsewhere. > > Well, one of my christmas wishes is -use-the-force-luke=noload > working. I'm crossing fingers that Andy finds the > time to read his mail. > > > > ... I still see the ISO file system > > warning so I am assuming the CRON FATAL error too. What does it do > ? > > I would not bet on that. I always see this warning. > All my growisofs runs are controlled by a script > which itself pretends to be cdrecord ... at least as > far as my backup program is concerned. > I never noticed any attempt of growisofs to interact > with me directly. > > Just give it a try and see what happens. > > If -use-the-force-luke helps with 5.13 or an upgrade > to 5.21 does, then please send a short note to > cdwrite@other.debian.org , too. > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > > ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]