Re: BD-R formatting help

[Customer Service <custserv@commtech-fastcom.com>]

Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Customer Service <custserv@commtech-fastcom.com> wrote:
> > Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > > "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> wrote
> > > > Can it be that the BD-R was already treated with
> > > > a format command previously ?
> > > > MMC-5 4.5.3.5 "BD-R Recording Models" says
> > > > " Once the recording mode has been established,
> > > >   it is not changeable."
> > > This is why I asked him to run cdrecord -minf
> >  From the output of cdrecord that I just sent, it looks (to me) like the 
> > disc is still blank.  As if the command failed before it even made it 
> > far enough to touch the disc.
>
> Sorry, please add a -v 
> this should give you the formatted capacity list in addition.
>
> Jörg
As you wish...

I am not sure whether you guys like attachments or whether you want 
things inline, so I just attached it.


Matt Schulte
Commtech, Inc.
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Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a33 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2007 Jörg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'.
atapi: 1
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : 'MATSHITA'
Identifikation : 'BD-MLT SW-5582  '
Revision       : 'BZE6'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM.
Current: BD-R sequential recording
Profile: BD-R sequential recording (current)
Profile: BD-R random recording 
Profile: BD-RE 
Profile: BD-ROM 
Profile: DVD-RAM 
Profile: DVD+R/DL 
Profile: DVD+R 
Profile: DVD+RW 
Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite 
Profile: DVD-RW sequential recording 
Profile: DVD-R/DL layer jump recording 
Profile: DVD-R/DL sequential recording 
Profile: DVD-R sequential recording 
Profile: DVD-ROM 
Profile: CD-RW 
Profile: CD-R 
Profile: CD-ROM 
Profile: Removable Disk 
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc-3 BD-R driver (mmc_bdr).
Driver flags   : NO-CD BD MMC-3 BURNFREE 
Supported modes: PACKET SAO
Drive buf size : 6684672 = 6528 KB
Current Secsize: 2048
Disk type:          'BDR' (BD-R)
Disk class:         01
Manufacturer:       'PHILIP'
Media type:         'R02'
Disk:               is not in cartridge
Media cartrige:     write protect is off
Free Spare Blocks:  0
Alloc Spare Blocks: 0
rzone size:         40
rzone number:       1
border number:      1
ljrs:               0
track mode:         4 copy: 0
damage:             0
reserved track:     0 blank: 1 incremental: 1 fp: 0
data mode:          1
lra valid:          0
nwa valid:          1
rzone start:        0
next wr addr:       0
free blocks:        12219392
blocking factor:    32
rzone size:         12219392
last recorded addr: 0
read compat lba:    0

    Capacity  Blklen/Sparesz.  Type
    12219392           200704  Unformated or Blank Media
    11826176            12288  Reserved (0)
    11826176                0  Reserved (0)
     5796864                0  Reserved (0)
    12088320                0  Reserved (0)
Mounted media class:      BD
Mounted media type:       BD-R sequential recording
Disk Is not erasable
data type:                standard
disk status:              empty
session status:           empty
BG format status:         none
first track:              1
number of sessions:       1
first track in last sess: 1
last track in last sess:  1
Disk Is unrestricted
Disk type: DVD, HD-DVD or BD

Track  Sess Type   Start Addr End Addr   Size
==============================================
    1     1 Blank  0          12219391   12219392         -1

Next writable address:              0
Remaining writable size:            12219392