On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 03:02:00PM -0500, Steve Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I'm playing with an external, SCSI-based DVD-RAM drive (a Hitachi GF-2050, | marketed by Fantom). I've got a few questions regarding Linux support for | DVD-RAM: | | 1. I assume Linux supports read-only access of a DVD-RAM drive, but which | filesystem should be used to access the device? | | 2. Does Linux support write access to DVD-RAM devices? If so, can someone | point me to a HOW-TO?
It's just an ordinary removable disc. I run ext2 with the noatime option (to reduce writes to the disc - DVD-RAM is not fast). | 3. This device supports both single- (2.7GB) and double-sided (5.4GB) | media. Does Linux make any distinction between the 2 types? Shouldn't. The drive should be reporting the right device size for whatever you put in it. Just treat it like any other hard drive, and just tune your work to accomodate its speed issues. (I use mine as a backup medium.) -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ A system which permits one judge to block with the stroke of a pen what 4,736,180 state residents voted to enact as law tests the integrity of our constitutional democracy. - Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain, upholding Prop209 _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
