Re: Reusing CD-RW

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

I already did:

cdrecord blank=fast  dev=31,0,0

IS THIS what you mean, when you say ' "fast" erase'  ??

On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM Riccardo Mottola
<riccardo.mottola%libero.it@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hi Todd,
>
> Todd Gruhn wrote:
> > Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
> > cdrecord: Warning: Cannot read drive buffer.
> > cdrecord: Warning: The DMA speed test has been skipped.
> > Starting to write CD/DVD/BD at speed 4 in real BLANK mode for single session.
> > Last chance to quit, starting real write    0 seconds. Operation starts.
>
> that is standard, no errors: did the operation start? you should see LED
> activity and hear the disk spinning (if you have a classic drive which
> shows that).
> A full blank takes some time.
> You may also get away with "fast" erase.
>
> Riccardo