Look for drives supporting BD..XL format.

Naming patterns are:

BD ~ 25GB
..DL ~ 50GB
..XL ~ 100GB

-Tomas

On Fri, Jan 24, 2020, 17:21 <mich...@robinson-west.com> wrote:

> January 23, 2020 11:09 PM, mich...@robinson-west.com wrote:
>
> > January 23, 2020 10:22 PM, tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> >> Try k3b
> >>
> >> You will need the media inserted to the BD-writer for k3b to tell you
> what
> >> formats it can use.
> >>
> >> Seems to work with my LG drive - though I never burned 100GB media.
> >>
> >> Tomas
> >>
> >> On Fri, 2020-01-24 at 02:52 +0000, mich...@robinson-west.com wrote:
> >>
> >>> January 23, 2020 8:43 PM, "John Jason Jordan" <joh...@gmx.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:18:53 +0000
> >>> mich...@robinson-west.com dijo:
> >>
> >> I have a burner that says MODISC on it and a 100 gig blank M disc.
> >> Brasero says there is no media though.
> >>
> >> How do I verify that my Blu ray burner can burn M discs let alone 100
> >> gig media?
> >>> Not all Blu-ray burners are equal. Some can only burn 25G discs, some
> >>> 50G and others full 100G media. The make and model number is a start,
> >>> and sometimes you need the serial number to determine what it can do.
> >>> you might be able to get those with sudo lshw.
> >>>
> >>> Also, my favorite trick is to put the media in upside down and then
> >>> wonder why the burner software says there is no media.
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> >>> *-cdrom:1
> >>> description: DVD-RAM writer
> >>> product: BDDVDRW UH12NS30
> >>> vendor: HL-DT-ST
> >>> physical id: 1
> >>> bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
> >>> logical name: /dev/sr1
> >>> version: 1.03
> >>> capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
> >>> configuration: ansiversion=5 status=ready
> >>> *-medium
> >>> physical id: 0
> >>> logical name: /dev/sr1
> >>>
> >>> It's an LG brand burner and it says MODISC on the front, but it is
> older than
> >>> my external drive.
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> > k3b is working with my external drive just fine. Question is, is my
> internal M disc drive capable
> > of handling 100G disks?
> > I'll find out once the 72,376.0 MB burn completes. I'm at 80% right now.
> >
> > The real test is checking the iso files after they are burned to disk.
> >
> > I probably don't need a full 72GB of Buster to install it, but I prefer
> to have everything
> > available offline just in case.
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>
> Looks like my internal LG burner cannot handle 100G disks, but my external
> burner has no problem with them.
>
> I'd like to replace my internal drive, but what do I replace it with and
> who has a new one?
>
> I consider this issue resolved for now, at least partially.
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