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I cannot mount a DVD, most probably because it is blank, so it contains no filesystem.



Is there a way to be sure that the disk is blank?










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          Call cdrecord -v -minfo.



          If you have more than one CD/DVD/BluRay drive, you need to specify a dev= parameter.



          NOTE: the option -minfo (media info) has been introduced 12 years ago, so you need to use a halfway recent cdrecord version to be able to use that option.



          See man pages:



          http://cdrtools.sourceforge.net/private/man/cdrecord/index.html



          A recent version is here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/schilytools/files/ today, the version 2018-12-06 is recent. Just unpack the tar archive and call make inside at top level.






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          • Thank you. Would it be -msinfo instead of -minfo? I called the command with -msinfo; could you please tell me which is the relevant field of the output? Among other things, I got:
            – toliveira
            Dec 18 at 18:41










          • Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device communication breaks or freezes immediately after that. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), read toc scsi sendcmd: no error Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) wodim: Cannot read session offset
            – toliveira
            Dec 18 at 18:41










          • No, it is -minfo that means media info, while -msinfo means multi session info. BTW: You are not using cdrecord, but a fake command that implements the development state from May 2004.
            – schily
            Dec 19 at 10:29










          • @GAD3R So there others that are able to see this problem... Could you please point me to a way how to report this?
            – schily
            Dec 19 at 13:13










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          Call cdrecord -v -minfo.



          If you have more than one CD/DVD/BluRay drive, you need to specify a dev= parameter.



          NOTE: the option -minfo (media info) has been introduced 12 years ago, so you need to use a halfway recent cdrecord version to be able to use that option.



          See man pages:



          http://cdrtools.sourceforge.net/private/man/cdrecord/index.html



          A recent version is here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/schilytools/files/ today, the version 2018-12-06 is recent. Just unpack the tar archive and call make inside at top level.






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          • Thank you. Would it be -msinfo instead of -minfo? I called the command with -msinfo; could you please tell me which is the relevant field of the output? Among other things, I got:
            – toliveira
            Dec 18 at 18:41










          • Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device communication breaks or freezes immediately after that. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), read toc scsi sendcmd: no error Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) wodim: Cannot read session offset
            – toliveira
            Dec 18 at 18:41










          • No, it is -minfo that means media info, while -msinfo means multi session info. BTW: You are not using cdrecord, but a fake command that implements the development state from May 2004.
            – schily
            Dec 19 at 10:29










          • @GAD3R So there others that are able to see this problem... Could you please point me to a way how to report this?
            – schily
            Dec 19 at 13:13















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          Call cdrecord -v -minfo.



          If you have more than one CD/DVD/BluRay drive, you need to specify a dev= parameter.



          NOTE: the option -minfo (media info) has been introduced 12 years ago, so you need to use a halfway recent cdrecord version to be able to use that option.



          See man pages:



          http://cdrtools.sourceforge.net/private/man/cdrecord/index.html



          A recent version is here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/schilytools/files/ today, the version 2018-12-06 is recent. Just unpack the tar archive and call make inside at top level.






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          • Thank you. Would it be -msinfo instead of -minfo? I called the command with -msinfo; could you please tell me which is the relevant field of the output? Among other things, I got:
            – toliveira
            Dec 18 at 18:41










          • Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device communication breaks or freezes immediately after that. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), read toc scsi sendcmd: no error Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) wodim: Cannot read session offset
            – toliveira
            Dec 18 at 18:41










          • No, it is -minfo that means media info, while -msinfo means multi session info. BTW: You are not using cdrecord, but a fake command that implements the development state from May 2004.
            – schily
            Dec 19 at 10:29










          • @GAD3R So there others that are able to see this problem... Could you please point me to a way how to report this?
            – schily
            Dec 19 at 13:13













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          Call cdrecord -v -minfo.



          If you have more than one CD/DVD/BluRay drive, you need to specify a dev= parameter.



          NOTE: the option -minfo (media info) has been introduced 12 years ago, so you need to use a halfway recent cdrecord version to be able to use that option.



          See man pages:



          http://cdrtools.sourceforge.net/private/man/cdrecord/index.html



          A recent version is here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/schilytools/files/ today, the version 2018-12-06 is recent. Just unpack the tar archive and call make inside at top level.






          share|improve this answer














          Call cdrecord -v -minfo.



          If you have more than one CD/DVD/BluRay drive, you need to specify a dev= parameter.



          NOTE: the option -minfo (media info) has been introduced 12 years ago, so you need to use a halfway recent cdrecord version to be able to use that option.



          See man pages:



          http://cdrtools.sourceforge.net/private/man/cdrecord/index.html



          A recent version is here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/schilytools/files/ today, the version 2018-12-06 is recent. Just unpack the tar archive and call make inside at top level.







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          • Thank you. Would it be -msinfo instead of -minfo? I called the command with -msinfo; could you please tell me which is the relevant field of the output? Among other things, I got:
            – toliveira
            Dec 18 at 18:41










          • Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device communication breaks or freezes immediately after that. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), read toc scsi sendcmd: no error Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) wodim: Cannot read session offset
            – toliveira
            Dec 18 at 18:41










          • No, it is -minfo that means media info, while -msinfo means multi session info. BTW: You are not using cdrecord, but a fake command that implements the development state from May 2004.
            – schily
            Dec 19 at 10:29










          • @GAD3R So there others that are able to see this problem... Could you please point me to a way how to report this?
            – schily
            Dec 19 at 13:13
















          • Thank you. Would it be -msinfo instead of -minfo? I called the command with -msinfo; could you please tell me which is the relevant field of the output? Among other things, I got:
            – toliveira
            Dec 18 at 18:41










          • Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device communication breaks or freezes immediately after that. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), read toc scsi sendcmd: no error Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) wodim: Cannot read session offset
            – toliveira
            Dec 18 at 18:41










          • No, it is -minfo that means media info, while -msinfo means multi session info. BTW: You are not using cdrecord, but a fake command that implements the development state from May 2004.
            – schily
            Dec 19 at 10:29










          • @GAD3R So there others that are able to see this problem... Could you please point me to a way how to report this?
            – schily
            Dec 19 at 13:13















          Thank you. Would it be -msinfo instead of -minfo? I called the command with -msinfo; could you please tell me which is the relevant field of the output? Among other things, I got:
          – toliveira
          Dec 18 at 18:41




          Thank you. Would it be -msinfo instead of -minfo? I called the command with -msinfo; could you please tell me which is the relevant field of the output? Among other things, I got:
          – toliveira
          Dec 18 at 18:41












          Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device communication breaks or freezes immediately after that. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), read toc scsi sendcmd: no error Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) wodim: Cannot read session offset
          – toliveira
          Dec 18 at 18:41




          Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device communication breaks or freezes immediately after that. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), read toc scsi sendcmd: no error Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) wodim: Cannot read session offset
          – toliveira
          Dec 18 at 18:41












          No, it is -minfo that means media info, while -msinfo means multi session info. BTW: You are not using cdrecord, but a fake command that implements the development state from May 2004.
          – schily
          Dec 19 at 10:29




          No, it is -minfo that means media info, while -msinfo means multi session info. BTW: You are not using cdrecord, but a fake command that implements the development state from May 2004.
          – schily
          Dec 19 at 10:29












          @GAD3R So there others that are able to see this problem... Could you please point me to a way how to report this?
          – schily
          Dec 19 at 13:13




          @GAD3R So there others that are able to see this problem... Could you please point me to a way how to report this?
          – schily
          Dec 19 at 13:13

















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