dvd+rw-format(1) General Commands Manual dvd+rw-format(1)
NAME
dvd+rw-format - format DVD+-RW/-RAM disk
SYNOPSIS
dvd+rw-format [-force[=full]] [-lead-out | -blank[=full]] [-ssa[=none |
default | max]] /dev/dvd
DESCRIPTION
The dvd+rw-format command formats dvd disk in the specified dvd drive
(e.g. /dev/dvd).
OPTIONS
-force[=full]
This forces to format dvd as new while wiping any existing data.
-blank[=full]
This blanks dvd while changing to sequential mode.
-lead-out
This relocates the lead-out next to outermost written sector as
well as makes sure there is no virgin surface before it. Previ-
ously written data is not affected by this operation. Useful for
addressing DVD-ROM compatibility, or playability of already
recorded media in legacy units.
SEE ALSO
Most up-to-date information on dvd+rw-tools is available at
http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/.
The manpage for genisofs(8), growisofs(1), dvd+rw-mediainfo(1),
dvd+rw-booktype(1).
AUTHOR
dvd+rw-format was written by Andy Polyakov <appro@fy.chalmers.se>.
This manual page was written by Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> for the
Debian project.
September 2004 dvd+rw-format(1)
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