Robert Epprecht wrote: > I have a couple of questions about DVD-RAM on Debian Sarge, > kernel 2.4.27-3-686 > > > If I format DVD-RAMs with ext2 most things work fine but there > are two minor problems: > > When I shut down the system without manually umounting the DVD-RAM > it does not get cleanly umounted like a hd or somesuch. > > When I'm formating a medium the system gets real slow and sometimes > it does not react on user input any more for some time. > > > Following some discussions on debian lists I got the impression > that udf would be a 'better' filesystem for DVD-RAM. > Is this true and why?
UDF was designed for the Write-Once, Read-Many DVD-ROM/RAM/RW. Just use udf. Any compuer with a DVD drive can read udf; ext2/3 is designed for read-write filesystems and only works on Linux. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
