On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 23:00, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 03:54:10PM +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > > 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? > > > > 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. > > > What you say above is even more amazing. You are saying that you can > write to a CD-RW in linux using one of the cd writing programs and > somehow erase what you have written and use it now as a CD-RW cd > writing and reading to it. How exactly do you remove what you have > written the first time? I use cdrecord blank=fast See "cdrecord blank=help" for other options. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
