On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 22:35 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > 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. How can people who are so sophisticated about obscure Linux features be so confused about Windows functions. I don't know what to respond to people who won't admit there is an advantage to being able to treat a CD-RW as if it is a hard-drive. You transfer files using cp instead of k3b. There is no comparison between being able to blank a CD and rewriting on it and being able to process files to it with simple cp, rm, etc. commands. -- ====================================================================== Keep your mouth shut and people will think you stupid; Open it and you remove all doubt. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
