-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yes, cdrw disks can be erased, cdr disks can't. Greg On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 08:16:49PM -0700, Zachary wrote: > Then I am assuming that this disk I have is CDRW, because I can erase the > contents. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis at shellworld.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 8:09 PM > Subject: Re: CDR or CDRW Disks > > > >You can not do data rewrites on CDRs. Write once, read many applies. > >CDRWs can be used for this purpose. > > > >On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Zachary wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >>I am wondering whether it would be possible to physically erase the > >>contents of a CD, so as to convert it into a blank one. I have only 1 > >>cdr disk, which is not enough to install Slackware Linux, unless I am > >>mistaken. I just need one more disk, and am wondering whether I can > >>either download a cD formatter program, or just have to go out and buy > >>another disk. > >>I'd rather not do that, as I have plenty of disks already. > >>Thanks, > >>Zachary _______________________________________________ > >>Speakup mailing list > >>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > !DSPAM:417dc22325061245731690! > > - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBfmiX7s9z/XlyUyARAvwgAJ9jPQ5nyA2jaFrftbc9VjW13gZZyACePAVF BzATCB9/wdZwyRg61HtE8mk= =jkZ7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
