If you want to Erase CD-RW/DVD-RW in Ubuntu use the one of the following options
Option 1
Open your terminal and run the following commands
umount /dev/cdrom
cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom blank=fast
Option 2
Install brasero using the following command
sudo apt-get install brasero
After installation you need to go to Applications/Sound & Video/brasero.One of the options on the Disc menu is to erase the disk.
You can also use k3b.
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Brasero seems to have alot of suckage. I really cant believe they chose it for the default in 9.04.
Its a very on again off again program.
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You can also use Gnome Baker.
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option in brasero is tools -> blank
just a msg for another newb like me stumbling on this page and big ? over head when first time opening brasero.
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Thanks for the k3b tip. Excellent job.
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Thanks for the tip @newb, even I was searching for the blank option in Brasero.
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thanks for information
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great tip!!!
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if the disc has a incomplete session you can force to blank it with:
umount /dev/cdrom
cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom blank=fast
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