As usual I am confused by this discussion. As far as I can see cdrecord, k3b and xcdroast can effectively use only CD-R disks. They can not format CD-RW disks as Windows software can do allowing you to use the CD just like you would use a hard drive in reading and writing to it. So why would anyone use the more expensive CD-RW disks on Linux systems?
Does anyone have a different take on this matter?
I use CD-RW media for test releases, checking that bootable disks actually boot etc. and any other purpose that requires only a short lifetime for the burned CD. I can then re-use the CD-RW media and save wasting a write-once disc.
Using CD-RW media as a writeable filesystem probably requires creating a UDF filesystem on the media; http://linux-udf.sourceforge.net/ appears to be the home of UDF for Linux but I can't see much there in the way of HOWTOs etc.
Paul.
