On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 15:53, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 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?
Well cdrecord et al can *blank* a CD-RW disk so that you can use it
again. That is a very good reason to use CD-RW media.
At the moment UDF formatted discs that can be treated like a hard drive
are not supported but I believe support is coming.
Best, Darren
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