On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 09:44 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > Paul Howarth wrote: > >If you have new rw media you may need to format it first. You need the > >dvd+rw-tools package. > > > ># dvd+rw-format /dev/cdwriter > > > Paul, > In trying your suggestion I get > > "[david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo dvd+rw-format /dev/hdc > * DVDRW/-RAM format utility by <appro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, version 4.10. > :-( mounted media doesn't appear to be DVDRW or DVD-RAM > > I tried with '/dev/cdwriter /media/cdrecoder /dev/hdc' and had the > same responce. > > Thanks david What is the output of dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hdc ? Maybe the media is bad. Kevin Freeman
