How to erase a DVD R/W

**gogalthorp** · 11-02-2007

Any one know how to erase a DVD R/W

Suse 10.1 K3b does not seem to allow it. I advice is to just overwrite it but I want to store other named files????

**aliov** · 11-02-2007

Did you try to do that as root ? probably also you have to be in the group cdrom !

in any case try this
cdrecord blank=all -immed dev=/dev/cdrom

Regards.

**gogalthorp** · 11-02-2007

Interesting command but it did not work in this case

Code:

Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
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.
cdrecord: Free test versions and free keys for personal use are at ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/
cdrecord: Sorry, no CD/DVD-Recorder or unsupported CD/DVD-Recorder found on this target.
cdrecord: This version of cdrecord does not include DVD-R/DVD-RW support code.
cdrecord: If you need DVD-R/DVD-RW support, ask the Author for cdrecord-ProDVD.
cdrecord: Free test versions and free keys for personal use are at ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-ROM driver (mmc_cd).
Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE FORCESPEED
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
Forcespeed is OFF.
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 18 in real BLANK mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write    0 seconds. Operation starts.
This drive or media does not support the 'BLANK media' command
cdrecord: Cannot blank disk, aborting.

Also tried to force a format but it did not like that either.

**Thrillhouse** · 11-02-2007

Try this:

Code:

dvdrecord dev=0,0 -v blank=fast

EDIT: Typo.

**aliov** · 11-02-2007

Originally Posted by gogalthorp

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.
cdrecord: This version of cdrecord does not include DVD-R/DVD-RW support code.

First , Are you able to burn a new DVD ? well you remembered me when i quit SuSE because of burning related problem .....

**gogalthorp** · 11-02-2007

Originally Posted by aliov

First , Are you able to burn a new DVD ? well you remembered me when i quit SuSE because of burning related problem .....

Yes no problem

**gogalthorp** · 11-02-2007

Originally Posted by Thrillhouse

Try this:

Code:

dvdrecord dev=0,0 -v blank=fast

EDIT: Typo.

No dvdrecord on the system

**Thrillhouse** · 11-02-2007

According to this page, it sounds like it's included with the dvdrtools package. Can you install that with Yast or Smart?

oz · 11-03-2007

If you have dvd+rw-tools installed, try this command:

Code:

dvd+rw-format -force /dev/dvd

**gogalthorp** · 11-03-2007

Installed it seems to do the trick

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