It does take a while to format, and most of the time it formats with 127ki
free. It takes a lot of work to get a format that allows the full 650mi to
be used. But once its working, it works fine.
----- Original Message -----
From: pablito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] it won't install :(
> mm-hmm, and it takes about half an hour to format the disk. I don't use
it
> that much, but I don't use CDRW disks that much either.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Goldenpi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 12:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] it won't install :(
>
>
> : > > thinking that he would be able to use this CD-RW like he used the
> floppy
> : drive on his machine. It took a little while for me to explain that it
> just
> : didn't work that way. There
> :
> : Not so. My computer came with a windows program called directcd, which
> : formats a cdrw with its own format so it can be used like an overgrown
> : floppy. Useful program, but the cd cant be read on any computer without
> that
> : program installed. And its not available for linux.
> :
> :
> :
>
>
