Re: Reusing CD-RW

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

I mounted a CD-RW that I already  wiped --- this worked.

These USED-CDs cannot be mounted. The were used to save pictures.
Can that software make this CD-RW  not-deletable , etc?

On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> 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