Re: What to do if...

[Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>]

On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 04:39:41PM -0500, Mangan, Cate A (N-Superior Technical Resources) wrote:
> Hello O Great and Powerful Guru,

> What would you say if I told you that I put in a r-w DVD and the
> software thinks that there is too much data. - Sees the DVD as though
> it's a CD-ROM when trying to burn to the DVD? Any hints on Linux
> 2.4.20-31_9?

The Guru isn't in, but I'd say you need to tell us what drive you're
using, what media you're using, and what software you're using to do the
burning.

The free cdrecord program (i.e., not cdrecord-ProDVD, which is non-free)
can't handle arbitrary DVD writing.  It's only for CDs.