Mentioned in man page the classification of BD-R POW as unsuitable medium state

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@ -191,6 +191,14 @@ They can be made unformatted by \-blank "deformat".
.br .br
Regular files and block devices are handled as overwritable media. Regular files and block devices are handled as overwritable media.
Pipes and other writeable file types are handled as blank multi\-session media. Pipes and other writeable file types are handled as blank multi\-session media.
.br
The program growisofs formats by default BD\-R to be pseudo\-overwritable (POW).
xorriso will classify them as
.br
Media current: is unsuitable , is POW formatted
.br
and will refuse to write to them or to obtain multi\-session information from
them.
.PP .PP
These media can assume several states in which they offer different These media can assume several states in which they offer different
capabilities. capabilities.
@ -306,9 +314,9 @@ the path of their block device or of their generic character device. E.g.
.br .br
By default xorriso will try to map the given address to /dev/hd* and /dev/sr*. By default xorriso will try to map the given address to /dev/hd* and /dev/sr*.
The command \-scsi_dev_family can redirect the mapping from sr to scd or sg. The command \-scsi_dev_family can redirect the mapping from sr to scd or sg.
The latter does not suffer from the concurrency problems which plague /dev/sr The latter does not suffer from the concurrency problems which plagued /dev/sr
of Linux kernels since version 3. But it does not yield the same addresses of Linux kernels since version 3 up to 5.5. But it does not yield the same
which are used by mount(8) or by open(2) for read(2). addresses which are used by mount(8) or by open(2) for read(2).
.br .br
On FreeBSD the device files have names like On FreeBSD the device files have names like
.br .br

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@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ unformatted by -blank "deformat".
Regular files and block devices are handled as overwritable media. Regular files and block devices are handled as overwritable media.
Pipes and other writeable file types are handled as blank multi-session Pipes and other writeable file types are handled as blank multi-session
media. media.
The program growisofs formats by default BD-R to be pseudo-overwritable
(POW). xorriso will classify them as
Media current: is unsuitable , is POW formatted
and will refuse to write to them or to obtain multi-session information
from them.
These media can assume several states in which they offer different These media can assume several states in which they offer different
capabilities. capabilities.
@ -282,9 +287,9 @@ character device. E.g.
By default xorriso will try to map the given address to /dev/hd* and By default xorriso will try to map the given address to /dev/hd* and
/dev/sr*. The command -scsi_dev_family can redirect the mapping from sr /dev/sr*. The command -scsi_dev_family can redirect the mapping from sr
to scd or sg. The latter does not suffer from the concurrency problems to scd or sg. The latter does not suffer from the concurrency problems
which plague /dev/sr of Linux kernels since version 3. But it does not which plagued /dev/sr of Linux kernels since version 3 up to 5.5. But
yield the same addresses which are used by mount(8) or by open(2) for it does not yield the same addresses which are used by mount(8) or by
read(2). open(2) for read(2).
On FreeBSD the device files have names like On FreeBSD the device files have names like
-dev /dev/cd0 -dev /dev/cd0
On NetBSD: On NetBSD:
@ -5831,7 +5836,7 @@ File: xorriso.info, Node: ConceptIdx, Prev: CommandIdx, Up: Top
* ACL, _definition: Extras. (line 50) * ACL, _definition: Extras. (line 50)
* APM block size: Bootable. (line 424) * APM block size: Bootable. (line 424)
* APM, _definition: Extras. (line 42) * APM, _definition: Extras. (line 42)
* Appendable media, _definition: Media. (line 38) * Appendable media, _definition: Media. (line 43)
* Appended Filesystem Image, -append_partition: Bootable. (line 433) * Appended Filesystem Image, -append_partition: Bootable. (line 433)
* Appended partition, in APM: Bootable. (line 291) * Appended partition, in APM: Bootable. (line 291)
* Appended partition, in MBR or GPT: Bootable. (line 284) * Appended partition, in MBR or GPT: Bootable. (line 284)
@ -5840,7 +5845,7 @@ File: xorriso.info, Node: ConceptIdx, Prev: CommandIdx, Up: Top
* Backup, enable fast incremental, -disk_dev_ino: Loading. (line 256) * Backup, enable fast incremental, -disk_dev_ino: Loading. (line 256)
* Backup, enable features, -for_backup: Loading. (line 215) * Backup, enable features, -for_backup: Loading. (line 215)
* Backup, scdbackup checksum tag, -scdbackup: Emulation. (line 179) * Backup, scdbackup checksum tag, -scdbackup: Emulation. (line 179)
* Blank media, _definition: Media. (line 29) * Blank media, _definition: Media. (line 34)
* Blank, format, Immed bit, -use_immed_bit: SetWrite. (line 457) * Blank, format, Immed bit, -use_immed_bit: SetWrite. (line 457)
* Blind growing, _definition: Methods. (line 41) * Blind growing, _definition: Methods. (line 41)
* Bootability, control, -boot_image: Bootable. (line 75) * Bootability, control, -boot_image: Bootable. (line 75)
@ -5853,7 +5858,7 @@ File: xorriso.info, Node: ConceptIdx, Prev: CommandIdx, Up: Top
* Character Set, of terminal, -local_charset: Charset. (line 57) * Character Set, of terminal, -local_charset: Charset. (line 57)
* Character Set, _definition: Charset. (line 6) * Character Set, _definition: Charset. (line 6)
* CHRP partition, _definition: Bootable. (line 296) * CHRP partition, _definition: Bootable. (line 296)
* Closed media, _definition: Media. (line 44) * Closed media, _definition: Media. (line 49)
* Comment, #: Scripting. (line 156) * Comment, #: Scripting. (line 156)
* Control, signal handling, -signal_handling: Exception. (line 66) * Control, signal handling, -signal_handling: Exception. (line 66)
* Create, new ISO image, _definition: Methods. (line 7) * Create, new ISO image, _definition: Methods. (line 7)
@ -6101,6 +6106,7 @@ File: xorriso.info, Node: ConceptIdx, Prev: CommandIdx, Up: Top
* Timestamps, set in ISO image, -alter_date_r: Manip. (line 174) * Timestamps, set in ISO image, -alter_date_r: Manip. (line 174)
* Tree, disk, traverse, -findx: Navigate. (line 91) * Tree, disk, traverse, -findx: Navigate. (line 91)
* Tree, ISO, traverse and alter, -find: CmdFind. (line 7) * Tree, ISO, traverse and alter, -find: CmdFind. (line 7)
* Unsuitable media states, _definition: Media. (line 25)
* UTF-16, for Joliet paths, -compliance: SetWrite. (line 114) * UTF-16, for Joliet paths, -compliance: SetWrite. (line 114)
* Verify, check blocks, -check_media: Verify. (line 21) * Verify, check blocks, -check_media: Verify. (line 21)
* Verify, compare ISO and disk file, -compare: Navigate. (line 131) * Verify, compare ISO and disk file, -compare: Navigate. (line 131)
@ -6144,57 +6150,57 @@ Node: Top415
Node: Overview1405 Node: Overview1405
Node: Model3441 Node: Model3441
Node: Media6344 Node: Media6344
Node: Methods9025 Node: Methods9265
Node: Drives11611 Node: Drives11851
Node: Extras15552 Node: Extras15803
Node: Processing20264 Node: Processing20515
Node: Dialog24101 Node: Dialog24352
Node: Commands25790 Node: Commands26041
Node: ArgSort27467 Node: ArgSort27718
Node: AqDrive28961 Node: AqDrive29212
Node: Loading36118 Node: Loading36369
Node: Insert57957 Node: Insert58208
Node: SetInsert69460 Node: SetInsert69711
Node: Manip79424 Node: Manip79675
Node: CmdFind89524 Node: CmdFind89775
Node: Filter108453 Node: Filter108704
Node: Writing113075 Node: Writing113326
Node: SetWrite125330 Node: SetWrite125581
Node: Bootable155181 Node: Bootable155432
Node: Jigdo183062 Node: Jigdo183313
Node: Charset188065 Node: Charset188316
Node: Exception191394 Node: Exception191645
Node: DialogCtl197523 Node: DialogCtl197774
Node: Inquiry200125 Node: Inquiry200376
Node: Navigate209007 Node: Navigate209258
Node: Verify217714 Node: Verify217965
Node: Restore228863 Node: Restore229114
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Node: Scripting251435 Node: Scripting251686
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@ -299,6 +299,15 @@ They can be made unformatted by -blank "deformat".
@* @*
Regular files and block devices are handled as overwritable media. Regular files and block devices are handled as overwritable media.
Pipes and other writeable file types are handled as blank multi-session media. Pipes and other writeable file types are handled as blank multi-session media.
@*
@cindex Unsuitable media states, _definition
The program growisofs formats by default BD-R to be pseudo-overwritable (POW).
xorriso will classify them as
@*
Media current: is unsuitable , is POW formatted
@*
and will refuse to write to them or to obtain multi-session information from
them.
@c man .PP @c man .PP
@sp 1 @sp 1
These media can assume several states in which they offer different These media can assume several states in which they offer different
@ -437,9 +446,9 @@ the path of their block device or of their generic character device. E.g.
@* @*
By default xorriso will try to map the given address to /dev/hd* and /dev/sr*. By default xorriso will try to map the given address to /dev/hd* and /dev/sr*.
The command -scsi_dev_family can redirect the mapping from sr to scd or sg. The command -scsi_dev_family can redirect the mapping from sr to scd or sg.
The latter does not suffer from the concurrency problems which plague /dev/sr The latter does not suffer from the concurrency problems which plagued /dev/sr
of Linux kernels since version 3. But it does not yield the same addresses of Linux kernels since version 3 up to 5.5. But it does not yield the same
which are used by mount(8) or by open(2) for read(2). addresses which are used by mount(8) or by open(2) for read(2).
@* @*
On FreeBSD the device files have names like On FreeBSD the device files have names like
@* @*