Yep. Do the math. ~1,000 r/w cycles X $cd-r = BIG SAVINGS. Unless you are burning something for permanent record, the choice is clear. Those CD-Rs sure do make nice coasters, though... -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of D. D. Brierton Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 9:23 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Porblems creating RW discs in K3B 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 -- ===================================================================== D. D. Brierton darren@xxxxxxxxxxx www.dzr-web.com Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson) ===================================================================== -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
