DVD-R

[Dieter Schicker]

Brian Beattie wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 21:51 +0200, Dieter Schicker wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to burn data to a DVD-R with Nautilus. It tells me
>>
>> <snip>
>> The following disc types are supported:
>> CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
>> </snip>
>>
>> How can I burn a DVD-R?
>>                     ^
> 
> With a different drive.

Ok. ;-)

> Though why do you want to burn DVR-R and not a DVD+R, any DVD reader
> should be able to read it.

Because I have 100 blank DVD-R disks and I don't want to throw them away
... Ok, I will reactivate my old DVD writer which _could_ write DVD-R
disks.

=> Thilo: Thanks, I should have known that but it seems I'm getting old ...

cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info gives me
<snip>
Can write DVD-R:        0
</snip>

So, everything is clear now.

Thanks for your help
Dieter