Markus Huber wrote: > Dear people, > > I try to blank resp. format a DVD-RW with following command and > following output. > > [markus@fc4 ~]$ dvd+rw-format /dev/cdrom > * DVD\uffffRW/-RAM format utility by <appro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, version 4.10. > Error trying to open /dev/cdrom exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > Error trying to open /dev/cdrom exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > > Same error I get when I use: > $ cdrecord blank > > What am I doing wrong? It is the first time I use a DVD-RW on > Fedora/Linux/at all, and Google is not my friend in this case. > > Thank you for help > Markus Huber > Make sure the cd is *not* mounted. I ran into that same problem when it is mounted. ~WILL~
