> 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 None of the above. I have a DVD-RAM drive: "Toshiba SD-W1101 DVD-RAM" All DVD-RAM discs (as far as I know) are cartridges. So you have to have a DVD-RAM drive to write OR read them. The cool thing about this (and I guess most) DVD-RAM drives is that you can put either a DVD-RAM cartridge or a CD in it - the drawer mechanism allows either. But - it won't read CD/RW's :-( I also have a CD/RW drive in the same box though. The DVD-RAM drive can read: CDROM, CDR, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM and can ONLY write: DVD-RAM (I don't know if ir can read DVD-R DVD+R DVD-RW DVD+RW coz I don't have any) My CD/RW drive (like any other CD/RW) can ONLY read: CDROM, CDR & CD/RW and can ONLY write CDR and CD/RW Hope that clears it all up. However, as I said in another email, UDF doesn't seem to work on CDRW drives yet even though I thought it might :-( I tried and failed even with some extra software to try and format the CD/RW Using the sorceforge software I can format the DVD-RAM discs (as per earlier email) -- -Cheers -Andrew MS ... if only he hadn't been hang gliding!
