The version is growisofs 5.20 and dvd+rw-format is 4.10.
When formatting brand-new media, dvd+rw-format simply displays this:
* DVD+RW/-RAM format utility by <appro@fy.chalmers.se
<mailto:appro@fy.chalmers.se>>, version 4.10.
* 4.7GB DVD+RW media detected.
* formatting /
It never shows a percentage, and the drive light never comes on. It
just runs forever.
when attempting to growisofs on a blank media, I get
Executing 'builtin_dd if=/var/backup/hosts/Amaranth/backup.udf
of=/dev/hdc obs=32k seek=0'
/dev/hdc: pre-formatting blank DVD+RW...
:-[ TEST UNIT READY failed with SK=2h/ASC=04h/ACQ=04h]: Resource
temporarily unavailable
The last message happens repeatedly until Ctrl-C