On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 16:31 -0700, 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 > Device type : Removable CD-ROM > Version : 5 > Response Format: 2 > Capabilities : > Vendor_info : 'Slimtype' > Identification : 'DVD A DS8A1P ' > Revision : 'CX17' > Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. --------------------------------------^-----^-- > Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd). > Driver flags : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE > Supported modes: PACKET SAO > Speed set to 11080 KB/s > Waiting for drive to calm down. > Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 8.0 in real force BLANK mode for > single session. > Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts. > Errno: 5 (Input/output error), blank unit scsi sendcmd: no error > CDB: A1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) > Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 30 05 00 00 > Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 > Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x05 (cannot write medium - incompatible format) > Fru 0x0 > Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) > cmd finished after 0.117s timeout 9600s > Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 8.0 in real force BLANK mode for > single session. > No chance to quit anymore. Operation starts. > Errno: 5 (Input/output error), blank unit scsi sendcmd: no error > CDB: A1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) > Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 30 05 00 00 > Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 > Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x05 (cannot write medium - incompatible format) > Fru 0x0 > Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) > cmd finished after 0.001s timeout 9600s > wodim: Cannot blank disk, aborting. JD It appears you are trying to blank a DVD+RW disk in a drive that supports only the DVD-R/RW format. The "+" and "-" formats are different, thus the "incompatible format" error message. --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
