Re: erasing CDRW media?

[Osamu Aoki <debian@aokiconsulting.com>]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 03:18:50PM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Dave Price wrote:
> 
> > Can CDRW media be reused with cdrecord (burning ISO images)?  If so,
> > how does one go about 'erasing the media first?
> 
> I believe xcdroast (the X front end for doing damn near anything to a
> CDR(W)) can do this automagically.

Of course back end command line command "cdrecord" can do too.
       blank=type
              Blank  a  CD-RW  and  exit  or blank a CD-RW before
              writing. The blanking type may be one of:

              help        Display a  list  of  possible  blanking
                          types.

              all         Blank  the entire disk. This may take a
                          long time.

              fast        Minimally blank the disk. This  results
                          in  erasing  the  PMA,  the TOC and the
                          pregap.

              track       Blank a track.

... From man page...     

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