Warly wrote: > FACORAT Fabrice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>Le Mercredi 31 Juillet 2002 11:42, Warly a �crit : >> >> >>>DVD+RW are a different media (however latest DVD burner are >>>able to burn DVD-RW and DVD+RW IIRC). It can be use as block >>>devices and directly handled by the kernel as any removable >>>devices. >> >>what does this mean ? >>does this mean that if I put a DVD+RW in a DVD+RW recorder I will be able to >>write data as if it was a HD/zip/floppy/.... with a single cp/mv ? > > > by memory I think so (to be checked however) >
The website I gave says that this will not work unless the patches are applied. As of Mandrake 8.0-8.2 this was true, we had to apply the patches ourselvs to get the DVD-RW to work. We could not just mount a disk and start writing to it. -- Bryan Whitehead SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology Phone: 818 354 2903 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
