To be correct I can only erase dvdrw not cdrw when I deselect the quick erase option.
wodim doesn't seem to work for me: :~$ wodim blank=fast -vv TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM wodim: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limits.Device was not specified. Trying to find an appropriate drive... Detected CD-R drive: /dev/hdd Using /dev/cdrom of unknown capabilities scsidev: '/dev/cdrom' devname: '/dev/cdrom' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Wodim version: 1.1.9 Using libusal version 'Cdrkit-1.1.9'. Driveropts: 'burnfree' SCSI buffer size: 64512 Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'HL-DT-ST' Identification : 'DVD-ROM GDR8164B' Revision : '0L06' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-ROM. Current: 0x0000 (Reserved/Unknown) Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM) Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM) wodim: Sorry, no CD/DVD-Recorder or unsupported CD/DVD-Recorder found on this target. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org