Hi

Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
> In, on 11/05/2008
> at 03:15 PM, Peter Brown said:
>
>> Format ?: /fs:udf /l /f
>
> [H:\Utility]Format s: /fs:udf /l /f
> WARNING: Formatting will erase ALL data on this disk.
> Continue (Yes or No)? Y
> Format failed.
> Internal error
>
>> An alternative is to RMB on the burner icon
>
> What burner icon?


Whatever Drive icon represents the burner.


Having realised that I have not tried UDF formatting anything since
installing eCS2.0RC5 I thought I would give it a go.

Using the above command line I got the same error...

Then I dimly remembered a post that said something along the lines of:
"... if the disc is a DVD+RW and has previously been formatted you only
need the command line below.

Format s: /fs:udf"


I must have dimly remembered correctly because after Ejecting and
re-inserting the "failed format" DVD+RW disc I used the above command
successfully. It seems to be necessary to Eject a disc when there has
been a write failure of any kind before trying to use the disc again.

I then repeated the above "Format s: /fs:udf" with 2 other DVD+RW discs
that needed reformating with no problems.

No problem reformating a DVD-RAM disc using that command either.

Sorry, no DVD-RW discs to test with.


>
>> Does RSJ grab the burner for exclusive use at boot?
>
> No; it has a facility for attaching the drive to a different drive letter.
>


Do you still have a useable Drive icon for the burner or do you need to
use RSJ to attach the drive?


>> Are you trying to use RSJ to format the disc?
>
> Yes. My next attempt will be to use CDRECORD.
>


I think you need to try from the command line rather than any apps.

If it does not work from the command line you are looking at a driver
and/or configuration issue - with no app configuration to take into account.


Regards

Pete

How do I format a DVD in eCS 2.2 beta 4? The FORMAT command with /fs:udf
gives me the messages "Format failed." and "Internal error". I also tried
RSJ, but couldn't figure out how to use it.

Specifically, I opened CD Write Control, attached the drive and went to
the Recorder tab. I tried to use MB2 (RMB) to bring up a context menu, but
it was ignored. I thought that perhaps the term "CD recorder" in the
documentation referred to CD View -> CD Recorder, but the context menu
dopesn't include a commands option.

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In , on 11/05/2008
at 03:15 PM, Peter Brown said:

>Format ?: /fs:udf /l /f

[H:\Utility]Format s: /fs:udf /l /f
WARNING: Formatting will erase ALL data on this disk.
Continue (Yes or No)? Y
Format failed.
Internal error

>An alternative is to RMB on the burner icon

What burner icon?

>Does RSJ grab the burner for exclusive use at boot?

No; it has a facility for attaching the drive to a different drive letter.

>Are you trying to use RSJ to format the disc?

Yes. My next attempt will be to use CDRECORD.

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In , on 11/05/2008
at 07:45 PM, Peter Brown said:

>Whatever Drive icon represents the burner.

If you're talking about the icon in the Drives folder, the menu that MB2
brings up does not include a format option.

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