>>> If you ever did format it, you _need_ to run cdrecord blank=full >>> to make it usable again.
>>I get the following error trying to blank the DVD-RW media: > You areusing a defektive kernel! > Your kernel does not implement ATAPI CAP auto sense which is required. > Upgrade to a fixed kernel Ouch! If you really mean "emulate ATAPI devices as SCSI ditto via CAM", i.e. the 'device atapicam' in kernel config file: it IS present. I think I already use this _facility_ through cdrecord. As I say, I already write CD-R (cdrecord) / write/rewrite CD-RW (cdrecord) / write DVD-R (growisofs) which all use the device /dev/cd0: CDROM driver for the CAM SCSI subsystem. I use a GENERIC kernel provided with the 5.2.1 release, with just the following support added: ### Added by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ### For PnP/PCI sound cards. device pcm ### USB com devices. device ucom device uvisor ### Allows ATAPI devices to be accessed through the SCSI subsystem. device atapicam #device scbus # Already present, just here to remember. #device cda # Already present, just here to remember. #device pass # Already present, just here to remember. #device ata # Already present, just here to remember. #device atapicd # Already present, just here to remember. #device da # Direct Access (disks) ### Disk encryption. options GEOM_BDE I can't see any problem here... Are you? >># ./cdrecord-wrapper.sh -v -blank=all dev=3,0,0 >>Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01a24 (i386-unknown-freebsd5.2) Copyright (C) >>1995-2004 Jörg Schilling >>Unlocked features: ProDVD Clone >>Limited features: >>This copy of cdrecord is licensed for: >>private/research/educational_non-commercial_use [...] >>cdrecord-ProDVD: Input/output error. read track info: scsi sendcmd: >>retryable error >>CDB: 52 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 24 00 >>status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) >>Sense Bytes: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >>00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >>Sense Key: 0xFFFFFFFF [], Segment 0 >>Sense Code: 0x00 Qual 0x00 (no additional sense information) Fru 0x0 >>Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) The binary obtained from ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/ contains the string "i386-unknown-freebsd5.2". Is there a difference between FreeBSD-5.2 and FreeBSD-5.2.1 which can explain my error? Thanks, -- -jpeg.