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Re: [dvd+rw-tools] problem erasing DVD+RW



"Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > * formatting .:-[ FORMAT UNIT failed with SK=5h/ASC=22h/ACQ=00h]:
> > Input/output error
>
> Quite a strange error
>  5 22 00 ILLEGAL FUNCTION
>
>
> > What can I do to erase and reuse these DVD+RW?
>
> Those individual media might be dead now.

Itis _extremely_ unlikely that the medium is dead.

dvd+rw tools did just ussue a bad SCSI command ;-)

Switch to cdrecord ....

ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/

Jörg

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