I'm monkeying around with the blu-ray drives again (though now it is a SATA interface) and I've come upon something that I don't quite understand.
I am trying to make the spare area of a BD-R be something larger than the default. I was hoping to run something like: ./dvd+rw-format -ssa=4G /dev/dvd But when I execute this command, it says that it is invalid for the detected media. Looking at the code is appears as if this should be a valid option, I also tried to use: ./dvd+rw-format -force -ssa=4G /dev/dvd also to no avail. I took a wild swing at this one. And thought that maybe this would fix the problem. if (((mmc_profile == 0x1A || mmc_profile == 0x2A) && blank) || (mmc_profile != 0x1A && compat) || (mmc_profile != 0x12 && mmc_profile != 0x43 &&mmc_profile != 0x41 && ssa) ) { fprintf (stderr,"- illegal command-line option for this media.\n"); goto offer_options; } After making the above change, it then gets past this portion of the code and gets down to where the actual formatting is going to take place. I get this message: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) error, command: Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 Deferred sr00:00: sense key Medium Error Additional sense indicates Format command failed And if I eject the disc and re-insert it, then run mediainfo on it, it shows up as blank. If I run mediainfo on it before I eject it, I get a bunch of garbage. Any thoughts? Thank you, Matt Schulte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]