Re: DVD-RAM: multi-session writing

2002-09-09 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 13:34:28 -0400, Charles Peterman wrote: > > FreeBSD 4.5. > Hitachi DVD-RAM drive > > I have to support writing files to a DVD-RAM in a Windows compatible mode. > Normally I would treat the thing as a slow HD and read and write at my > leisure, but Windows does not play n

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-07 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
Takeshi OHASHI wrote... > ken>>> I am a beta tester of the new od driver. It almost works fine on some > ken>>> beta testers system, but we cannot redistribute without Mr. Akiyama's > ken>>> permit. > ken>> > ken>>Of course. Well, if he doesn't mind, I'd like to take a look at it at > some > ken

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-07 Thread Takeshi OHASHI
ken>>> I am a beta tester of the new od driver. It almost works fine on some ken>>> beta testers system, but we cannot redistribute without Mr. Akiyama's ken>>> permit. ken>> ken>>Of course. Well, if he doesn't mind, I'd like to take a look at it at some ken>>point. He is preparing the review ve

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-07 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
Takeshi OHASHI wrote... > ken>>> I am a beta tester of the new od driver. It almost works fine on some > ken>>> beta testers system, but we cannot redistribute without Mr. Akiyama's > ken>>> permit. > ken>> > ken>>Of course. Well, if he doesn't mind, I'd like to take a look at it at some > ken>>

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-07 Thread Takeshi OHASHI
ken>>> I am a beta tester of the new od driver. It almost works fine on some ken>>> beta testers system, but we cannot redistribute without Mr. Akiyama's ken>>> permit. ken>> ken>>Of course. Well, if he doesn't mind, I'd like to take a look at it at some ken>>point. He is preparing the review v

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-07 Thread Takeshi OHASHI
ycheng>>In article <199907070339.vaa88...@panzer.kdm.org> you wrote: ycheng 3.5" 650MB and 1.3GB MO drives should handle 512KB/sector(128MB, ycheng 230MB, 540MB) and 2048KB/sector media(640MB, 1.3GB). Ofcouse, my typo: 512KB/sector -> 512B/sector, 2048KB/sector -> 2048B/sector ycheng>>>

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-07 Thread Takeshi OHASHI
ycheng>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: ycheng 3.5" 650MB and 1.3GB MO drives should handle 512KB/sector(128MB, ycheng 230MB, 540MB) and 2048KB/sector media(640MB, 1.3GB). Ofcouse, my typo: 512KB/sector -> 512B/sector, 2048KB/sector -> 2048B/sector ycheng>>> The CAM DA driver

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread ycheng
In article <199907070339.vaa88...@panzer.kdm.org> you wrote: >> 3.5" 650MB and 1.3GB MO drives should handle 512KB/sector(128MB, >> 230MB, 540MB) and 2048KB/sector media(640MB, 1.3GB). > The CAM DA driver was specifically designed to handle various sector sizes, > and should work fine with non-512

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread ycheng
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >> 3.5" 650MB and 1.3GB MO drives should handle 512KB/sector(128MB, >> 230MB, 540MB) and 2048KB/sector media(640MB, 1.3GB). > The CAM DA driver was specifically designed to handle various sector sizes, > and should work fine with non-512 byte sector sizes.

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
Takeshi OHASHI wrote... > Thanks for many suggestions. > > I'll try latest CAM system. Cool, I'm interested to hear how it works for you. If things don't work properly, we'll try to fix the bugs. > ken>>Can you make source code to the OD driver available, so I can take a look > ken>>at it, and

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Takeshi OHASHI
Thanks for many suggestions. I'll try latest CAM system. ken>>Can you make source code to the OD driver available, so I can take a look ken>>at it, and see what sorts of things you have to do to make these drives ken>>work? I am a beta tester of the new od driver. It almost works fine on some b

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
Takeshi OHASHI wrote... > Thanks for many suggestions. > > I'll try latest CAM system. Cool, I'm interested to hear how it works for you. If things don't work properly, we'll try to fix the bugs. > ken>>Can you make source code to the OD driver available, so I can take a look > ken>>at it, an

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Takeshi OHASHI
Thanks for many suggestions. I'll try latest CAM system. ken>>Can you make source code to the OD driver available, so I can take a look ken>>at it, and see what sorts of things you have to do to make these drives ken>>work? I am a beta tester of the new od driver. It almost works fine on some

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
Takeshi OHASHI wrote... > ken>>Alex Zepeda wrote... > ken>>> On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > ken>>> > ken>>> > IMO, DVD drives are probably best handled through the CD driver, and > ken>>> > Optical drives are probably best handled through the DA driver. The > ken>>> > CD driver doe

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Justin T. Gibbs
> How do you think about some MO(Magneto Otpical disk) and PD drives? > > 3.5" 650MB and 1.3GB MO drives should handle 512KB/sector(128MB, > 230MB, 540MB) and 2048KB/sector media(640MB, 1.3GB). The da driver should handle 2048KB sector sized media right now. If it doesn't for some reason, that i

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Takeshi OHASHI
ken>>Alex Zepeda wrote... ken>>> On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: ken>>> ken>>> > IMO, DVD drives are probably best handled through the CD driver, and ken>>> > Optical drives are probably best handled through the DA driver. The ken>>> > CD driver doesn't currently handle writes, but it

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
Takeshi OHASHI wrote... > ken>>Alex Zepeda wrote... > ken>>> On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > ken>>> > ken>>> > IMO, DVD drives are probably best handled through the CD driver, and > ken>>> > Optical drives are probably best handled through the DA driver. The > ken>>> > CD driver do

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Justin T. Gibbs
> How do you think about some MO(Magneto Otpical disk) and PD drives? > > 3.5" 650MB and 1.3GB MO drives should handle 512KB/sector(128MB, > 230MB, 540MB) and 2048KB/sector media(640MB, 1.3GB). The da driver should handle 2048KB sector sized media right now. If it doesn't for some reason, that

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Takeshi OHASHI
ken>>Alex Zepeda wrote... ken>>> On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: ken>>> ken>>> > IMO, DVD drives are probably best handled through the CD driver, and ken>>> > Optical drives are probably best handled through the DA driver. The ken>>> > CD driver doesn't currently handle writes, but i

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
Alex Zepeda wrote... > On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > > > IMO, DVD drives are probably best handled through the CD driver, and > > Optical drives are probably best handled through the DA driver. The > > CD driver doesn't currently handle writes, but it's a one-line fix to > > chang

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Alex Zepeda
On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > IMO, DVD drives are probably best handled through the CD driver, and > Optical drives are probably best handled through the DA driver. The > CD driver doesn't currently handle writes, but it's a one-line fix to > change that.

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
Alex Zepeda wrote... > On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > > > IMO, DVD drives are probably best handled through the CD driver, and > > Optical drives are probably best handled through the DA driver. The > > CD driver doesn't currently handle writes, but it's a one-line fix to > > chan

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Alex Zepeda
On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > IMO, DVD drives are probably best handled through the CD driver, and > Optical drives are probably best handled through the DA driver. The > CD driver doesn't currently handle writes, but it's a one-line fix to > change that. >From what I can tell,

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
Takeshi OHASHI wrote... > Hi folks, > > dmiller>>Apologies if this should be on -scsi > dmiller>> > dmiller>>Has anyone done any work with dvd-ram drives under FreeBSD? > dmiller>> > dmiller>>I will soon need to duplicate dvd-ram media and would very much like > to do > dmiller>>it under unix

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
Takeshi OHASHI wrote... > Hi folks, > > dmiller>>Apologies if this should be on -scsi > dmiller>> > dmiller>>Has anyone done any work with dvd-ram drives under FreeBSD? > dmiller>> > dmiller>>I will soon need to duplicate dvd-ram media and would very much like to do > dmiller>>it under unix.

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Takeshi OHASHI
Hi folks, dmiller>>Apologies if this should be on -scsi dmiller>> dmiller>>Has anyone done any work with dvd-ram drives under FreeBSD? dmiller>> dmiller>>I will soon need to duplicate dvd-ram media and would very much like to do dmiller>>it under unix. All I need to start with is the ability

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-06 Thread Takeshi OHASHI
Hi folks, dmiller>>Apologies if this should be on -scsi dmiller>> dmiller>>Has anyone done any work with dvd-ram drives under FreeBSD? dmiller>> dmiller>>I will soon need to duplicate dvd-ram media and would very much like to do dmiller>>it under unix. All I need to start with is the ability

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-01 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
crypt0genic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Dag-Erling Smorgrav ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [990701 11:47]: > > LaCie don't make drives, they just package them in ugly boxes with > > noisy fans. > Im not sure what model you are refering too, but the drive I have is > in a stylish external box with a fan t

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-01 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
crypt0genic writes: > * Dag-Erling Smorgrav (d...@flood.ping.uio.no) [990701 11:47]: > > LaCie don't make drives, they just package them in ugly boxes with > > noisy fans. > Im not sure what model you are refering too, but the drive I have is > in a stylish external box with a fan that doesnt make

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-01 Thread crypt0genic
* Dag-Erling Smorgrav ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [990701 11:47]: > > LaCie don't make drives, they just package them in ugly boxes with > noisy fans. Im not sure what model you are refering too, but the drive I have is in a stylish external box with a fan that doesnt make a whisper on noise, It also d

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-01 Thread crypt0genic
* Dag-Erling Smorgrav (d...@flood.ping.uio.no) [990701 11:47]: > > LaCie don't make drives, they just package them in ugly boxes with > noisy fans. Im not sure what model you are refering too, but the drive I have is in a stylish external box with a fan that doesnt make a whisper on noise, It al

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-01 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
crypt0genic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a Lacie DVD-RAM drive, it work great under windows, here is the DMESG i g > et from it, I hope this is of some help. LaCie don't make drives, they just package them in ugly boxes with noisy fans. One of my cow-orkers (with whom I share an office) h

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-01 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
crypt0genic writes: > I have a Lacie DVD-RAM drive, it work great under windows, here is the DMESG > i g > et from it, I hope this is of some help. LaCie don't make drives, they just package them in ugly boxes with noisy fans. One of my cow-orkers (with whom I share an office) had an external La

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-01 Thread crypt0genic
* Kenneth D. Merry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [990701 07:56]: > No, its SCSI, im using a adaptec adapter. Keep in mind that i am unfamiliar with >SCSI devices so I might allready be doing/have done something stupid ; ) > > > > It's not SCSI. The acd driver is the ATAPI CD driver. If you had a SCSI

Re: DVD-ram

1999-07-01 Thread crypt0genic
* Kenneth D. Merry (k...@plutotech.com) [990701 07:56]: > No, its SCSI, im using a adaptec adapter. Keep in mind that i am unfamiliar > with SCSI devices so I might allready be doing/have done something stupid ; ) > > > > It's not SCSI. The acd driver is the ATAPI CD driver. If you had a SCSI

Re: DVD-ram

1999-06-30 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
crypt0genic wrote... > * David Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [990630 22:58]: > > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, crypt0genic wrote: > > > > IDE interface I take it? This is the normal message for a CD. > > No, its SCSI, im using a adaptec adapter. Keep in mind that i am unfamiliar with >SCSI devices so I mi

Re: DVD-ram

1999-06-30 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
crypt0genic wrote... > * David Miller (dmil...@search.sparks.net) [990630 22:58]: > > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, crypt0genic wrote: > > > > IDE interface I take it? This is the normal message for a CD. > > No, its SCSI, im using a adaptec adapter. Keep in mind that i am unfamiliar > with SCSI devices

Re: DVD-ram

1999-06-30 Thread crypt0genic
* David Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [990630 22:58]: > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, crypt0genic wrote: > > IDE interface I take it? This is the normal message for a CD. No, its SCSI, im using a adaptec adapter. Keep in mind that i am unfamiliar with SCSI devices so I might allready be doing/have done so

Re: DVD-ram

1999-06-30 Thread crypt0genic
* David Miller (dmil...@search.sparks.net) [990630 22:58]: > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, crypt0genic wrote: > > IDE interface I take it? This is the normal message for a CD. No, its SCSI, im using a adaptec adapter. Keep in mind that i am unfamiliar with SCSI devices so I might allready be doing/have

Re: DVD-ram

1999-06-30 Thread David Miller
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, crypt0genic wrote: > I have a Lacie DVD-RAM drive, it work great under windows, here is the DMESG i g > et from it, I hope this is of some help. > > acd0: drive speed 1033KB/sec, 256KB cache > acd0: supported read types: > acd0: Audio: play, 255 volume levels > acd0: Mechani

Re: DVD-ram

1999-06-30 Thread David Miller
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, crypt0genic wrote: > I have a Lacie DVD-RAM drive, it work great under windows, here is the DMESG > i g > et from it, I hope this is of some help. > > acd0: drive speed 1033KB/sec, 256KB cache > acd0: supported read types: > acd0: Audio: play, 255 volume levels > acd0: Mecha

Re: DVD-ram

1999-06-30 Thread crypt0genic
I have a Lacie DVD-RAM drive, it work great under windows, here is the DMESG i g et from it, I hope this is of some help. acd0: drive speed 1033KB/sec, 256KB cache acd0: supported read types: acd0: Audio: play, 255 volume levels acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray acd0: Medium: no/blank disc inside,

Re: DVD-ram

1999-06-30 Thread crypt0genic
I have a Lacie DVD-RAM drive, it work great under windows, here is the DMESG i g et from it, I hope this is of some help. acd0: drive speed 1033KB/sec, 256KB cache acd0: supported read types: acd0: Audio: play, 255 volume levels acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray acd0: Medium: no/blank disc inside, u