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From: Henrik Carlqvist on 25 Oct 2009 07:00
Greg Russell <me(a)invalid.com> wrote:
> Inserting a new, blank DVD+R disk causes an icon to appear on the desktop
> labeled ""Blank DVD+R Disc".

> $ cdrecord test*

cdrecord was made to write to CDs. Try growisofs instead.

> Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support

Does it really have support for DVD+R?

> Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.

If you prefer a point and click interface you might want to try k3b. That
program will call cdrecord and growisofs for you.

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From: Florian Rehnisch on 25 Oct 2009 07:27
o Greg Russell <me(a)invalid.com>:
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (cpu-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 J�rg
> Schilling
> Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
> Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to http://
> bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
> Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this
> version.
> cdrecord: Free test versions and free keys for personal use are at ftp://
> ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/

Hmm, not 'the real thing'. Get and compile the latest version
from ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/. At least the a57
works for me. HTH

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From: Evan24 on 25 Oct 2009 12:38
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:26:16 +0000, Greg Russell wrote:

> I previously had this PX-712A DVD-RW in a CentOS 5.3 machine, and
> burned a DVD ISO to a DVD+R disk, so I know it worked. A new machine was
> built with that DVD image, "yum upgrade"d to CentOS 5.4 and then the
> PX-712A was transplanted to the new machine. Now it doesn't write, and I
> would be grateful for your help in discovering why.
Some boards have an added jmicron controller for the ide interface which
could not work with linux. What is your new hardware?
From: Henrik Carlqvist on 26 Oct 2009 15:23
js(a)cs.tu-berlin.de (Joerg Schilling) wrote:
>>cdrecord was made to write to CDs. Try growisofs instead.
>
> Not correct, let me corect for you:

I stand corrected by the man himself :-)

> In case you don't know, cdrecord writes DVDs since February 1998.
> Just look at the original sources:

The OP was unfortunate enough not to have the original:

> Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support
> Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
> Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to http://
> bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
> Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this
> version.

> cdrecord: Found DVD+ media but DVD+R/DVD+RW support code is missing.
> cdrecord: If you need DVD+R/DVD+RW support, ask the Author for cdrecord-
> ProDVD.

regards Henrik
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From: Florian Rehnisch on 29 Oct 2009 12:14
o Joerg Schilling <js(a)cs.tu-berlin.de>:

> growisofs was made to write DVD+RW, cdrecord was made to write any kind of
> optical media with 12cm diameter.

Hey, what about my little nice 8cm cdrs?

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