HP xw3400 User Manual page 97

Summary
HP currently delivers and supports the HP 16x DVD±R/RW Dual Layer Drive for HP Linux
Workstations. This device is available as an integrated option or as an after market option for HP
Workstations.
Supported Recording Modes, Media Type, and DVD
Recoding Software
The HP 16x DVD±R/RW Dual Layer Drive supports the following recording modes:
• Disk-at-once — records one or more tracks to a blank disk, leaving no gaps between the tracks and
allowing for no further sessions.
• Track-at-once — records one or more tracks, separating each track with a gap and allowing for
further sessions.
• Packet writing — records data in small increments, eliminating the need to open or close a session
each time data is written.
• Session-at-once — records similar to Disk-at-once except that new sessions can be written later.
NOTE: The recoding software must also support the recording modes. Growisofs (dvd+tools
package) supports the above modes
The HP 16x DVD±R/RW Dual Layer Drive supports the following media types:
• Reading — CD-ROM, CD-RW, CD-R, DVD-ROM, DVD-R (usually), DVD-RW (usually), DVD+RW,
and DVD+R.
• Writing — CD-RW, CD-R, Dual-layer DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-RW, and DVD-R
NOTE: Some media are more reliable than others, so verify that the data transfers to the media as
expected.
The following DVD recording software is included with your Linux operating system:
• Red Hat Linux® 7.3, 8.0, 9 supports 'cdrecord' for burning CDs.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 and 4 supports 'growisofs' for burning DVDs and 'cdrecord' for
burning CDs
Growisofs is part of the dvd_rw-tools rpm provided with Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 and 4
NOTE: Red Hat Enterprise Linux does not support the Lightscribe labeling technology. Therefore, the
16x DVD+/-RW, DL, Lightscribe device will behave as a 16x DVD+/-RW, DL device.
CD and DVD Burning Software
Cdrecord
Determine if cdrecord is installed (part of cdrecord package):
1.
rpm –qa | grep cdrecord
If it is not installed:
rpm –i cdrecord<revision>.rpm
After the cdrecord rpm is installed, you can access the basic man page with the command
2.
'man cdrecord' and/or read the documentation provided in
/usr/share/doc/cdrecord<revision>/.
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