On Tuesday 26 June 2007, Aaron Konstam wrote: >On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 08:48 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> Aaron Konstam wrote: >> > On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 11:20 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: >> >> Aaron Konstam wrote: >> >>> I don't know whether I got a reply to my question of how you format >> >> >> >> a >> >> >> >>> CD-RW using gnomebaker? >> >> >> >> I don't think anyone managed to be sure he understood your question. >> >> I know I didn't. Please define "format a CDRW". >> > >> > Well its discouraging since I expalined it several times. I want to do >> > to the CD-RW the same thing you do when you formatted a floppy. Once it >> > is formatted you could mount it and use it like you use a hard drive. >> > Copy files to it using cp, remove files from it using rm, etc. >> >> The only media I know capable of this is DVD-RAM. > >That was my original point. You can format CD-RW under windows and use >them under fedora but you can't format them under fedora. >Why not one might ask? Because they don't need it? They are ready to be written to right out of the box. OTOH, I just checked the latest k3b, and it has an erase cd-rw function which I suspect is identical to what the winderz box actually does when the format call is issued. But even that is optional since they can be over-written at any time. >-- >======================================================================= >Gunter's Airborne Discoveries: (1) When you are served a meal aboard an >aircraft, the aircraft will encounter turbulence. (2) The strength of >the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your >coffee. >======================================================================= >Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) "The medium is the message." -- Marshall McLuhan
