Ondrej Kubecka <nobody@nospam.cz> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.06.02.21.01.50.894493@nospam.cz>...
> > If I try a Verbatim DVD+RW, I get the following:
> > :-[ LBA=0h, SENSE KEY=5h/ASC=30h/ASCQ=10h ] -[ media is not formatted or
> > :unsupported ] -( write failed: Input/output error
>
> This sounds like you need to use
> dvd+rw-format
> prior to any write attempt.
>
> About Memorex: Check your drives media list. For some drives a firmware
> upgrade is needed in order to use some media types. (If you are lucky,
> your drive manufacturer provides DOS usable flash utility...) This would
> be especially true for 4x media in 2x drive and similar cases (not only
> this one though).

Thanks for the tip. That worked for the Verbatim +RW. But my major
problem/concern is getting the DVD+R media to work. I have a 50 pack
spindle of Memorex DVD+R discs.
I was able to burn the Memorex DVD+R discs on this HP dvd writer
dvd200i a few months ago when I was running RedHat7. After I upgraded
to Slack9.1 (and a new system) the drive will only burn CDs and
DVD+RW.
The fact that I'm burning DVD+RW leads me to believe that the software
has all the libraries it needs.
I was thinking that there might be an option I now need to use when I
call growisofs.

There is a flash utility (but whether it's "usable" has yet to be
determined) available on HPs site, but it requires that you be in
Windows, and have installed the Windows utilities that ship with the
drive. I was hoping HP wasn't married and in bed with Microsoft, but
they appear to be.
There is no elegant floppy that would be independent of the operating
system for flashing the drive.