I purchase today moserbaer DVD that is: DVD+RW. Now I want to know whether my drive supports this DVD (i.e. the DVD can be burned)!On my drive its written RW & ReWritable.Also please see the below command output if it may help.ravbholua@ravbholua-Aspire-5315:~$ sudo lshw | grep DVD[sudo] password for ravbholua:              description: DVD-RAM writer             product: DVD-RW DVRKD08RSravbholua@ravbholua-Aspire-5315:~$ EDITI tried burning the DVD with my Ubuntu 13.10 iso but failed. Then I tried burning only 1 video file on the same DVD but that also got failed. I give the details below:I tried burning Ubuntu 13.10 iso as below:1st I tried via command line but failed:ravbholua@ravbholua-Aspire-5315:~/Documents/Other/special$ lsubuntu-13.10-desktop-i386.isoravbholua@ravbholua-Aspire-5315:~/Documents/Other/special$ sudo wodim -eject gracetime=30 ./ubuntu-13.10-desktop-i386.isowodim: No write mode specified.wodim: Assuming -tao mode.wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults.Device was not specified. Trying to find an appropriate drive...Looking for a DVD-R drive to store 895.00 MiB...Detected DVD-R drive: /dev/dvdrwUsing /dev/cdrom of unknown capabilitiesDevice type    : Removable CD-ROMVersion        : 5Response Format: 2Capabilities   : Vendor_info    : 'PIONEER 'Identification : 'DVD-RW DVRKD08RS'Revision       : '1.02'Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd).Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: PACKET SAOSpeed set to 5540 KB/sStarting to write CD/DVD at speed   4.0 in real unknown mode for single session.Last chance to quit, starting real write in    0 seconds. Operation starts.Errno: 5 (Input/output error), send opc scsi sendcmd: no errorCDB:  54 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)Sense Bytes: 72 0B 00 00 00 00 00 0E 09 0C 00 00 00 02 00 08Sense Key: 0x0 No Additional Sense, Segment 11Sense Code: 0x00 Qual 0x02 (end-of-partition/medium detected) Fru 0x0Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 79.878s timeout 60swodim: OPC failed.Then I used Brasero (GUI) for that but that also couldn't burn the Ubuntu iso. The error log is below:Checking session consistency (brasero_burn_check_session_consistency brasero-burn.c:1739)BraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_set_output_size_for_current_trackBraseroBurnURI stoppingBraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_get_session_output_sizeBraseroBurnURI output set (IMAGE) image = /tmp/brasero_tmp_EM0F9W.bin toc = noneBraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_get_session_output_sizeBraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroBurnURI called brasero_job_get_current_trackBraseroBurnURI no burn:// URI foundBraseroBurnURI stoppingBraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_set_output_size_for_current_trackBraseroLocalTrack stoppingBraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_get_session_output_sizeBraseroLocalTrack output set (IMAGE) image = /tmp/brasero_tmp_EUZF9W.bin toc = noneBraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_get_session_output_sizeBraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroLocalTrack called brasero_job_get_current_trackBraseroLocalTrack no remote URIsBraseroLocalTrack stoppingBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_current_trackBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_flagsBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_fd_inBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_set_output_size_for_current_trackBraseroChecksumImage stoppingBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_current_trackBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_flagsBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_session_output_sizeBraseroChecksumImage output set (IMAGE) image = /tmp/brasero_tmp_ZJFG9W.bin toc = noneBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_session_output_sizeBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_current_trackBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_input_typeBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_set_current_actionBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_fd_inBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_current_trackBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_current_trackBraseroChecksumImage Starting checksuming file /home/ravbholua/Documents/Other/special/ubuntu-13.10-desktop-i386.iso (size = 938475520)BraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_fd_outBraseroChecksumImage called brasero_job_get_current_trackBraseroChecksumImage Setting new checksum (type = 2) d0508f909c2c71d96aeac5efb0329b33 ((null) before)BraseroChecksumImage Finished track successfullyBraseroChecksumImage stoppingBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroLibburn unsupported operationBraseroLibburn deactivatingBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_get_actionBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_get_deviceBraseroLibburn Drive (/dev/sr0) init result = 1BraseroLibburn called brasero_job_get_flagsBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_get_mediaBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_get_fd_inBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_get_tracksBraseroLibburn Setting burnproof 0BraseroLibburn Setting dummy 0BraseroLibburn called brasero_job_get_session_output_sizeBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_set_current_actionBraseroLibburn burn_drive_convert_fs_adr( /dev/sr0 )BraseroLibburn Blanking/FormattingBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_set_dangerousBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_set_current_actionBraseroLibburn burn_drive_is_enumerable_adr( /dev/sr0 ) is trueBraseroLibburn Async START UNIT succeeded after 0.1 secondsBraseroLibburn mmc_set_streaming: end_lba=2295103 ,  r=5540 ,  w=5540BraseroLibburn Allocating buffer via mmap()BraseroLibburn Format type 26h DVD+RW (fs=0,rs=0), blocks = 4294967295BraseroLibburn CDB: 04 11 00 00 00 00 BraseroLibburn Format list: 00 02 00 08 FF FF FF FF 98 00 00 00 BraseroLibburn syncing cacheBraseroLibburn Async SYNCHRONIZE CACHE succeeded after 0.1 secondsBraseroLibburn WritingBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_set_dangerousBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_set_current_actionBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_set_current_actionBraseroLibburn dvd/bd Profile= 1Ah , obs= 32768 , obs_pad= 0BraseroLibburn Something went wrongBraseroLibburn called brasero_job_errorBraseroLibburn finished with an errorBraseroLibburn asked to stop because of an error    error       = 15    message = An error occurred while writing to discBraseroLibburn stoppingSession error : An error occurred while writing to disc (brasero_burn_record brasero-burn.c:2856)Then I tried burning the DVD with a video file but now also it failed. What's the issue please? Why I'm failing to do!!!
Will DVD+RW work on my laptop drive marked RW?
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