---
name: "dvd+rw-booktype"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dvd+rw-tools"
version: "7.1-14+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dvd+rw-booktype"
---

# dvd+rw-booktype(1)

format DVD+-RW/-RAM disk with a logical format

## NAME

dvd+rw-booktype - format DVD+-RW/-RAM disk with a logical format

## SYNOPSIS

**dvd+rw-booktype** \[**-dvd-rom-spec \| -dvd+rw-spec \| -dvd+r-spec \| -inq**\] \[ **-media \| -unit\| -unit+rw \| -unit+r**\] */dev/dvd*

## DESCRIPTION

The **dvd+rw-booktype** command formats dvd disk in the specified dvd drive (e.g. */dev/dvd*) with a specified logical format. **You can't expect this utility to work with all recorders.**

## OPTIONS

- **-dvd-rom**

  This is useful for addressing **DVD-ROM compatibility,** or playability in legacy units.

## SEE ALSO

Most up-to-date information on dvd+rw-tools is available at http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/.

The manpage for **genisoimage**(8),  [**growisofs**(1)](/growisofs/1.md), [**dvd+rw-mediainfo**(1)](/dvd+rw-mediainfo/1.md), [**dvd+rw-format**(1)](/dvd+rw-format/1.md).

## AUTHOR

**dvd+rw-booktype** was written by Andy Polyakov \<appro@fy.chalmers.se\>. This manual page was written by Osamu Aoki \<osamu@debian.org\> for the Debian project.