On May 30, 2003 03:51 pm, dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxx shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On May 30, 2003 Elton Woo wrote: > > ... pardon my ignorance, but would you kindly enlighten me on the > > advantages of the UDF protocol? My CDRW device is connected > > as /dev/hdd , and mounts as /dev/cdrom1. > > Elton, > > I know that 'udf' stands for User Defined Format. I *think* udf is the > non-ISO9660 format used to write/rewrite to CD-RW disks as though they > were big floppies. I'll let someone else provide confirmation and/or > further details. > > --Doc Savage > Fairview Heights, IL Ah, I see... IOW, with UDF, I guess one could move files on and off a CD disk without having to do an "erase" (i.e. fresh burn) each time. I seem to have seen some move afoot in the linux world to provide this ability with laser disks, but I wasn't aware that it was already feasible. Now I guess I have to learn HOWTO patch a kernel...? or is it HOWTO patch cdrecord? 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.
