Unmountable DVDs

[Nils Kassube]

Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 01/11/13 01:41, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Hmm, that's interesting - is the behaviour the same with and without
> > the force option ticked? On my DVD+RW was an old Xubuntu livecd
> > image before I formatted it. Maybe it is a feature of the
> > underlying cdrecord version. Kubuntu 12.04 actually uses Wodim
> > 1.1.11 - maybe your Opensuse version behaves differently and
> > ignores the force option?
> 
> Interesting indeed - in more ways than one.
> 
> openSUSE does indeed use cdrecord - but not Ubuntu/(?)Kubuntu.

> http://cdrecord.berlios.de/new/private/linux-dist.html
> 
> The whole article is worth reading.

Well, it is an interesting article indeed, but I don't see how it 
matters in this case. We were discussing a difference between Opensuse 
and Kubuntu where the Opensuse version of k3b and the underlying tool 
cdrecord seems to ignore the force option while the Kubuntu version with 
the underlying tool wodim honors that option.

And to get back on topic, the OP was using the Kubuntu version to 
reformat rewritable DVDs which obviously worked. However, formatting 
with k3b is more like erasing the disk. So there is still the original 
question, how to make the disk mountable, i.e. format it with UDF.


Nils