On Wed, 12 May 1999, Wim Kerkhoff wrote: > Check read this, UDF enables you to read those CDRW disks you make in > Windows. > > In order to burn CDR disks in linux, you need to recompile your kernel. > DISABLE IDE Atapi CD-rom support, and ENABLE scsi emulation and scsi > generic support. This will make your IDE burner appear to cdrecord, etc > as a scsi drive on /dev/scd0 or /dev/sr0, or something like that.
How will this affect my usage of a normal IDE Atapi CD-rom? Is it a question of either scsi or IDE? Sorry if this is a stupid question. I have newer used CDRW before either on windows or linux and I intend not to use it under windows if it is not really necessary. > There is no write support for CDRW disks in linux like Adaptec DirectCD > lets you make your 7200i appear as a letter under Windows 9x. Johann > HTH, > > Wim Kerkhoff > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 22:22:21 -0700 (PDT) > From: Wim Kerkhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: UDF/cdrw CD's (fwd) > > Oops, I mean -not- quite ready with the writing part. > > Wim Kerkhoff > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 22:20:20 -0700 (PDT) > From: Wim Kerkhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: UDF/cdrw CD's > > Well, there is read-only support for UDF disks, but this project is ready > with the writing part yet... > > Wim Kerkhoff > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 22:38:48 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: positive feedback > > Just thought I'd share this with you. :-) > > Dave Boynton > > > From: Ivan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fern=E1ndez?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Hello, I just wanted to say that I tried the udf-0.8.0.1 driver for > > linux in my machine (kernel 2.2.5) with an ide Philips CDD3610 drive > > (firmware 3.01), and it compiled and worked out of the box. I think you > > said on the web site that you wanted feedback from people with ide > > drives, so there it is. I have compiled the kernel for SCSI emulation > > (all the usual options to write CDs under Linux); cdrecord and other > > programs like cdrdao (and the kernel itself, to judge from > > /var/log/dmesg) use the generic SCSI-3/mmc driver for this recorder, so > > I guess other drives working like that should be OK too. And by the way, > > I created the UDF sistem and wrote the files under Win95 with DirectCD > > *2.0* (in case that should make any difference to the v2.5 you talk > > about in the documentation). > > > > I have also checked out that it works fine to mount the CD with > > > > mount -t auto /dev/scd* /mnt > > > > This will correctly predict if the CD is udf or iso9660. > > > > Thanks a lot for the nice job. Eagerly awaiting full write support. > > > > -- > > > > Ivan Fernández > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak." Mark 14:38