formatting a DVD+RW

[Marc Fonvieille]

On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 10:23:49AM +0000, Xian wrote:
> On Friday 11 February 2005 04:31, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> > Xian wrote:
> > > I am trying to format a DVD+RW as I gather this kind of DVD needs. I
> > > tried growisofs and it told me:
> > >
> > >  * DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by <appro at fy.chalmers.se>, version 4.10.
> > >
> > >  :-( unable to open("/dev/acd0"): Inappropriate ioctl for device
> >
> > Did you rebuild your kernel with the ATAPICAM option enabled?
> 
> I didn't have. I just added 'device atapicam' and it is still giving me the 
> same errors.
> 
> Looked on the man page, and found:
> 
> device ata
> device atapicam
> device scbus
> device cd
> device pass
> 
> I guess I need them as well? (Re-compiles _again_). Will I have to use the 
> burner through cd0 or acd0 now?
> It also recommended against having a SCSI and an ATA representation of each 
> drive. Would it be safe to remove device acd from the kernel and only use cd 
> now?

You did not read the URL I pasted in a previous mail :(

Marc