On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 21:49, Peter Kiem wrote: > OK to solve my DVD writing problems I installed xcdroast-0.98a14-2 that > comes with Fedora Core 1. > > I installed the cdrecord-prodvd-2.01a21-i686-pc-linux-gnu plugin and the > security key as directed on the website. > > xcdroast detects the drive fine as a "RICOH DVD+RW MP5240" and allows me > to select the 4.7GB media. > > 1) Blanking the DVD+RW it tells me "cdrecord.prodvd: Cannot blank with > non Ricoh based drive". > > 2) Trying to write some files to the DVD it tells me "A CD-R/RW is > required in the CD-Writer before a session can be mastered. Please > insert a CD-R/RW and try again". Does this mean it is still only able > to do minus (-) media? > > > Looks like it is back to M$ Windows to do my backups *sigh* This might sound like a silly question, but did you rename the cdrecord-prodvd-2xxx file to cdrecord-prodvd?? As there is a bug in the description. As there is no dot "." between the filename, it has to be a minus sign "-". And also make sure that you put in the security key from the "8:" to the end of the key. (Else you stuck burning a max of 1G) As I can burn DVD-R's just fine with Xcdroast. I use a Pioneer DVR-105, to burn them. Wolf
