On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 09:30:46AM -0500, Bill Gee wrote: > On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 9:10:34 AM CDT Michael Hennebry wrote: > > My Centos 6 wodim tell me that it can only format DVD+RW. > > I have DVD-RWs. > > Even when I format a DVD-RW on my standalone DVD recorder, > > wodim still will not write to it. > > Is there a centos-6-useable mechanism > > for formatting and writing DVD-RWs? > > According to the man page for wodim - formatting is not supported for DVD-RW. > You might take a look at growisofs and dvd+rw-format. The latter command, in > spite of the name, can deal with DVD-RW media. > > It is possible that the optical drive in your computer does not support DVD-RW > media. The only way I know of to find what media are supported is to use K3B. > If you go to Settings - Devices, you should get a list of readable and > writable media for each device. > > Bill Gee potentially stupid question here: Why would one format a cd/dvd? I've never had to do that, I just write to 'em. for what purpose or need would one format one? thanks! -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, And my hope is in you all day long. -------------------------- Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV) --------------------------------