I may be wrong, but I think that a DVD defaults to working as a CDR. I'm
not loading any special drivers, and Linux reads CD's from the DVD in my
Compaq Presario just fine, including booting. It could be due to
something specific to the machine BIOS, but I kind of doubt it.
On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Hermang wrote:
>Hello
>I want to know how is the status of DVDrom support in Linux.
>I am not interested in watching movies, I just
> want to know if it is possible to use a DVDRom as a CDRom reader
>Which kernel version do I need for this (or patches)
>thanks,
>bye
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