The
mmcformat utility formats optical media conforming to the MMC standard. This includes CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray (BD) media.
The options are as follows:
-B
Blank media when possible before formatting it.
-b blockingnr
Explicitly select packet size in sectors (for CD-RW only). It is not recommended to change this from its default of 32.
-c cert-num
Certify media for DVD-RAM / DV-RE. The argument cert-num specifies:
-D
Debug mode. Print all SCSI/ATAPI command errors.
-G
Grow last CD-RW/DVD-RW session.
-H
Show help and print formatting choices for the inserted media.
-h
Show help and print formatting choices for the inserted media.
-I
Show help and print formatting choices for the inserted media.
-M
Select MRW (Mount Rainier) error correcting background format.
-O
Old style CD-RW formatting; recommended for CD-RW.
-p
Explicitly set packet format.
-R
Restart previously stopped MCD-MRW or DVD+RW background format.
-r
Recompile defect list for DVD-RAM.
-S
Grow spare space DVD-RAM / BD-RE.
-s
Format DVD+MRW / BD-RE with extra spare space.
-w
Wait until completion of background format.