On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 14:24 +0100, Ian Malone wrote: > On 27/06/07, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 21:33 -0500, Justin W wrote: > > > Thufir wrote: > > > > I'm not sure that it's possible to mount a CD R/W such that you can write > > > > and read to it dynamically with random access. > > > > > > > > > > > > If I remember correctly, a version of Nero on Windows used to be able to > > > do that. Unfortunately, I never used it because the only time I tried > > > to, the computer glitched and permanently destroyed my CDRW, so I've > > > never tried again. > > > > > > I'd venture to guess that Nero installed a CD-ROM driver in Windows and > > > took care of writing to the CD in a proprietary format. In that way, > > > I'd also assume that using only software to manage that would not be > > > possible, as device driver-level support would also be required. > > > > > > > > The above is incorrect. Nero is a program that can format a CD-RW under > > windows. Once formatted the CD can be used like any of the hard-drives. > > > > I seem to remember InCD was required (and needing to install it > on other machines that wanted to be able to read the disc). > InCD is part ot the Nero distribution. -- ======================================================================= The bigger they are, the harder they hit. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
