cdrecord fails with “wodim: Cannot fixate disk” error when burning a small ISO to a DVD

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • User attempts to burn a DVD with a small ISO image (200MB or less)
  • Command fails with “wodim: Cannot fixate disk” error

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • wodim package

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