On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 03:54 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > 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? > > I am not aware that one can do something to a CDROM using Windows > which will allow Linux to use simple cp, rm, etc. commands to > modify the content of that CDROM. Are you sure you have this right? > > Try this, please... > > Take a fresh CR-RW from the box, and do whatever magic you think > Windows can do on a Windows box, and put a few files on it. Then take > the CD-RW over to a Linux machine, and just using cp, copy an additional > file, and using just rm, delete one of those files. Unmount and eject > the CD-RW and re insert and mount it using Linux. Then check that > the new file is there, and the removed file is gone. > > Mike I have tried it. The CD formatted in Windows will not work in Linux. Which is why I want a way to do the formatting in Linux. -- ======================================================================= Cerebus: I'd love to lick apricot brandy out of your navel. Jaka: Look, Cerebus-- Jaka has to tell you ... something Cerebus: If Cerebus had a navel, would you lick apricot brandy out of it? Jaka: Ugh! Cerebus: You don't like apricot brandy? -- Cerebus #6, "The Secret" ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
