Made use of formatting of DVD-RW

cdrskin/cdrskin.1

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
 .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
 .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
-.TH CDRSKIN 1 "December 16, 2006"
+.TH CDRSKIN 1 "January 1, 2007"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 .\"
 .\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ cdrskin is able to fulfill the needs about their option -C.
 .br
 Another type of data track content are archive formats which originally
 have been developed for magnetic tapes. Only formats which mark a detectable
-end-of-archive in their data are suitable with CD, though. Well tested are
+end-of-archive in their data are suitable, though. Well tested are
 the archivers afio and star. Not suitable seems GNU tar.
 .PP
 .B Recordable CD Media:
@@ -98,19 +98,30 @@ get closed (or are spoiled because they are overly full). After that they are
 read-only.
 .br
 CD-RW media can be blanked to make them re-usable for another
-round of overwriting. Blanking damages the previous content but does not
+round of overwriting. Usually
+.B blank=fast
+is the appropriate option.
+Blanking damages the previous content but does not
 make it completely unreadable. It is no effective privacy precaution.
 Multiple cycles of blanking and overwriting with random numbers might be.
 .PP
 .B Recordable DVD Media:
 .br
-Currently only type DVD+RW can be burned via cdrskin.
+Currently only types DVD+RW and DVD-RW can be burned via cdrskin.
+.br
 DVD+RW media get treated as blank media regardless wether they hold data
 or not. Options -audio and -multi are not allowed. Only one track is allowed.
 -toc does not return information about the media content.
 Speed is counted in DVD units (i.e. 1x = 1,385,000 bytes/second). Currently
 there is no difference between -sao and -tao. If ever, then -tao will be the
 mode which preserves the current behavior.
+.br
+DVD-RW need to be formatted to state "Restricted Overwrite". They then behave
+much like CD-RW. This formatting can be done by option
+.B blank=format_overwrite
+It is necessary for unused media, for media written or blanked by cdrecord,
+for media which have been written unformatted by growisofs or blanked by
+dvd+rw-format -blank. If in doubt, just give it a try.
 .PP
 .B Drive preparation and addressing:
 .br
@@ -172,7 +183,8 @@ those parameters and eventually raw audio data get extracted and burned as
 audio track. Same is done for suffix .au and SUN Audio.
 .TP 
 .BI blank= type
-Blank a CD-RW disc. This is combinable with burning in the same run of cdrskin.
+Blank a CD-RW or format a DVD-RW.i
+This is combinable with burning in the same run of cdrskin.
 The type given with blank= selects the particular behavior:
 .RS
 .TP
@@ -180,10 +192,13 @@ help
 Print this list of blanking types.
 .TP
 all
-Blank the entire disk.
+Blank an entire CD.
 .TP
 fast
-Minimally blank the entire disk.
+Minimally blank an entire CD.
+.TP
+format_overwrite
+Format a DVD-RW to "Restricted Overwrite".
 .RE
 .TP
 .BI \-checkdrive
@@ -444,8 +459,9 @@ interpretation of eventual startup files. See section FILES below.
 Accept only the last argument of the command line as track source address.
 .TP 
 .BI write_start_address= byte_offset
-Set the address on media where to start writing the track. DVD+RW only for
-now. byte_offset must be aligned to 2 KB blocks. Better is 32 kB alignment.
+Set the address on media where to start writing the track. With DVD+RW 
+ byte_offset must be aligned to 2 KB blocks. With DVD-RW alignment is 32 kB.
+Other media are not suitable for this option yet.
 .PP
 Alphabetical list of options which are only intended for very special
 situations and not for  normal use:
@@ -557,6 +573,10 @@ cdrskin -v dev=/dev/sg1 blank=all -eject
 .br
 cdrskin -v dev=/dev/dvd blank=fast -eject
 .SS
+.B Format DVD-RW before first use with cdrskin:
+.br
+cdrskin -v dev=/dev/sr0 blank=format_overwrite
+.SS
 .B Write ISO-9660 filesystem image:
 .br
 cdrskin -v dev=/dev/hdc speed=12 fs=8m \\