Re: [expert] cdrecord CD-RW problems

On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 10:31 -0700, Larry Sword wrote: "S. Newhouse" wrote: Civileme writes: Ummm--don't you have to blank CDRWs before writing to them? Here is the output of trying to blank the CDRW: -- cdrecord: Cannot blank disk, aborting.

Re: [expert] cdrecord CD-RW problems

"S. Newhouse" wrote: Civileme writes: Ummm--don't you have to blank CDRWs before writing to them? Civileme OK, Here is the output of trying to blank the CDRW: -- cdrecord: Cannot blank disk, aborting. What now? -Thanks, -sen Have you tried

Re: [expert] cdrecord CD-RW problems

"S. Newhouse" wrote: Hello, I am using Mandrake-7.02. I am trying to use cdrecord to write on an ide CD-RW drive. I can write to CD-R just fine, but it doesn't work with any CD-RW media. cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0 zoot-i386.iso Cdrecord 1.8.1a09 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C)

Re: [expert] cdrecord CD-RW problems

"S. Newhouse" wrote: I am trying to use cdrecord to write on an ide CD-RW drive. I can write to CD-R just fine, but it doesn't work with any CD-RW media. Your cdrecord should have a -blank parameter for use of CD-RW, shouldn't it? -- Regards, Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.

Re: [expert] cdrecord CD-RW problems

On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 17:09 +1000, Ron Stodden wrote: Your cdrecord should have a -blank parameter for use of CD-RW, shouldn't it? From your mail (and others) I gather that I should 'cdrecord -blank dev=4,0' with all *fresh* CD-RWs before putting the first image on it. That sounds like

Re: [expert] cdrecord CD-RW problems

H! That's a new one, I may have a CDRW in the same condition. We need a CDRW analyzer! The cdrecord does a pretty good job of identifying the CDRW even to the point of knowing the company of manufacture. Vern Wolfgang Bornath wrote: On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 17:09 +1000, Ron Stodden

Re: [expert] cdrecord CD-RW problems

Civileme writes: Ummm--don't you have to blank CDRWs before writing to them? Civileme OK, Here is the output of trying to blank the CDRW: [root@chaos Stalag]# cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0 -blank=all Cdrecord 1.8.1a09 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 JTOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM

[expert] cdrecord CD-RW problems

Hello, I am using Mandrake-7.02. I am trying to use cdrecord to write on an ide CD-RW drive. I can write to CD-R just fine, but it doesn't work with any CD-RW media. I have no problems with real scsi drives. I downloaded the new cdrecord src for RedHat, recompiled and it does not help.

Re: [expert] cdrecord CD-RW problems

"S. Newhouse" wrote: Hello, I am using Mandrake-7.02. I am trying to use cdrecord to write on an ide CD-RW drive. I can write to CD-R just fine, but it doesn't work with any CD-RW media. I have no problems with real scsi drives. I downloaded the new cdrecord src for RedHat,

Re: [expert] cdrecord CD-RW problems

Ummm--don't you have to blank CDRWs before writing to them? Civileme On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, you wrote: Hello, I am using Mandrake-7.02. I am trying to use cdrecord to write on an ide CD-RW drive. I can write to CD-R just fine, but it doesn't work with any CD-RW media. I have no