From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from goliath.sylaba.poznan.pl([195.216.104.3]) (2544 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Sun, 20 May 2001 22:29:41 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from Cybertsar (ppp01.sylaba.poznan.pl [195.216.104.101]) by goliath.sylaba.poznan.pl (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f4L2ThL25270 for ; Mon, 21 May 2001 04:29:44 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <003e01c0e19e$77595740$6568d8c3@mshome.net> From: "Victor Tsaran" To: References: Subject: Re: Do you know if kernel 2.4.x includes UDF module Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 04:30:05 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 List-Id: Hi, Kirk! For sure I know you can write UDF on CD's as well. Perhaps you are right about DirectCD's function of working around ISO9660/Joliet FS, but UDF on CD's is definitely a reality. I know at least of one package that write UDF even though in a single session only, the software is called Nero. Best, Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Wood" To: Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 11:02 PM Subject: Re: Do you know if kernel 2.4.x includes UDF module > On Sun, 20 May 2001, Victor Tsaran wrote: > > No, UDF is actually RW. Under MS-Windows we can use such software as > > Adaptive's Direct CD which allows for reading/writing under UDF. > > How can we then use CDRW's under Linux? > > Actually, this is *not* UDF. It is cludge work arround for Joliet > extension to ISO9660 file system. (UDF is used on DVD not CD.) Also, you > can't overwrite anything unless you format the entire disk. What happens > when you put down a new file is the table of contents point to the new > version while the old version remains there. The process of writting at > will is known as packet writting and I don't know if Linux has such > software. > > As for using CDRW under linux, there is an option in cdrecord to format > the disk before writting. This will erase the previous sesions and restart > the disk fresh. > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net > > Nothing is hard if you know the answer or are used to doing it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >