On 09/25/2010 01:31 AM, JD wrote:
Have HP DVD/RW (DVD+R) 16X. It is an orange colored back, and the
recording surface is blue.
It was recorded using a windows software.
My DVD-R/W drive is an 8X drive for DVD write, 4x DVD Rewrite, and 24X
for CD.
Now I tried to erase it:
$ sudo wodim dev=/dev/sr0 blank=all -force
Hi,
if reading the wodim manpage, the -blank option is said to be for CD's only:
..........
blank=type
Blank a CD-RW and exit or blank a CD-RW before writing. The
blanking type may be one of:
.............
For erasing DVD's, I use "growisofs ... -Z ..."
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Joachim Backes <joachim.backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de>
http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes