On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:15:02 +0000, Matthew Szudzik wrote: >On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 05:45:56AM -0700, Unix Fan wrote: >> I thought DVD-RAM were unique in that, unlike DVD-RW, you can write to the >> disk as if it's simply an optical hard drive... > >I have only used DVD+RW and CD media in my DVDRAM drive, so I cannot >answer your question. >
I can read DVD-RAM disks written in my video recorder or in winXP on a drive in an OpenBSD4.2 box. mount_udf mounts the drive ro, so no writing is possible. I used to want support for writing DVD-RAM because the type 2 cartridge disks are rated at 100,000 write cycles and are truly random access. Trouble is that cartridge drives are now very hard to get (I have only 2, one in a Panasonic DVR and one in a winbox) so I am popping the platters out to use in regular drives. BD-RE support would suit me fine right now but the media are too expensive so far and the drives ain't cheap either. Rod/ A consultant is someone who's called in when someone has painted himself into a corner. He's expected to levitate his client out of that corner. -The Sayings of Chairman Morrow. 1984.
