diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
index 95bde662..e5eba1a8 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define Xorriso_timestamP "2008.12.10.093424"
+#define Xorriso_timestamP "2008.12.11.072427"
diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c
index f0347616..8d50fef0 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c
@@ -4609,8 +4609,16 @@ int Xorriso_format_media(struct XorrisO *xorriso, int flag)
  }
 
  Xorriso_process_msg_queues(xorriso,0);
- sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "Formatting done\n");
- Xorriso_info(xorriso,0);
+ 
+ if(burn_drive_wrote_well(drive)) {
+   sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "Formatting done\n");
+   Xorriso_info(xorriso,0);
+ } else {
+   sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
+           "libburn indicates failure with formatting."); 
+   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "FAILURE", 0);
+   return(-1);
+ }
 
  if(!(flag & 4)) {
    ret= Xorriso_reaquire_outdev(xorriso,