RE: [Dvdrtools-users] Mashita DVD-RAM LF-D310

[Lachlan Cranswick]

I don't know the correct "technical" answer to this.  I just assumed 
this was an "accidental" benefit of the way dd works.  I assume(?) "dd"
would work this way with any device that the kernal knew 
was "writable" - or maybe read/writable?

On Redhat 7.2/7.3 - the DVDRAM drive is recognised as a read/write 
drive and can be treated as a removable disk - format it and use the 
cp command, etc.  I was not being able to find any version of cdrecord 
or dvdrecord, etc that would properly work with the Mashita DVD-RAM 
LF-D310 that forced me down this path.

There seem to be so many "kludges", "try this at your own risk source code
patches" and "problems" with DVD-XXX type devices - I am not sure if the 
official specs mean anything?  It is what works that counts?  Just a novice
DVD-RAM user's opinion (do not weight it highly).

Lachlan.


>So there is support in the kernel for _recording_ ISO images to
>_DVD-R(G)_ disks on 3rd generation DVD-RAM drives that have this
>capability?
>
>Or this is just for _rewriting_ ISO images to _DVD-RAM_ disks in
>general?
>
>-- Bryan
>
>-- 
>Bryan J. Smith, E.I.    mailto:address@hidden    (407)489-7013
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>On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 09:04, Lachlan Cranswick wrote:
>> The "dd" method for burning ISO images to DVDRAM (thanks to Seth Kurtzberg 
>> for pointing this out to me) works well when I have tried it - e.g.,
>>   dd if=/tmp/isos/1.iso of=/dev/scd0 
>> But be wary that for the DVDRAM to be bootable (if this is 
>> relevant to you) - there may be a size limit for the ISO
>> image (i.e., possibly less than 1 Gig for it to be bootable).  
>> I have not had time yes to properly investigate this - hopefully 
>> in late August after attending a conference.
>
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