On June 1, 2003 02:44 am, Andrew Smith shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: .... > The point I meant to make (but didn't do very well) was that > RedHat9 - out of the box - will now use a DVD-RAM drive with > a UDF formatted DVD-RAM disk just like a HDD. > I follow this to also mean that you should be able to get any > other rewitable drive to work with UDF as a mounted partiton > as long as the media is correct for the drive. > > I'm using my DVD-RAM disks as rsync backups of important data. I *think* I'm beginning to understand, but one more thing (please bear with me...): Are you using these in a DVD-W drive, DVD-R drive, or just your regular CD-RW drive. Also, did you format the disk yourself, or was it *bought* pre-formatted? (... j'y pense, donc je suis ... plus or moins!!!) Elton -- http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_4504.html "You only live once, so let's make life EASIER for each other." LINUX Registered User #193975. AMD-K7 ATHLON CPU power on board.