Re: DVD Writing
From: Michael Hart (me-donotspam_at_bigpond.net.au)
Date: 10/09/03
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Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 01:59:18 GMT
"Andreas Tretow" <andreas.tretow-ng@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 10:42:17 +0000, Michael Hart wrote:
> >
> > If I install redhat 9 do I have to patch the kernel to get it to write
UDF
> > to DVDs? If so I guess I would not be able to use the automatica
updates
> > for the kernel.
> >
> > I have done a bit of a search of the net but this kind of stuff appears
to
> > be unclear.
> >
> > Any web pointers or advice would be helpful.
>
> Redhat kernels seem to have UDF read and write support by default, but
> write support is considered to be dangerous (using RH8 here).
>
> From the kernel config help:
>
> UDF write support (DANGEROUS)
> CONFIG_UDF_RW
> Say Y if you want to test write support for UDF file systems.
> Due to lack of support for writing to CDR/CDRW's, this option
> is only supported for hard discs, DVD-RAM, and loopback files.
>
> HTH
> Andreas
Not only is it dangerous it doesn't appear to support DVD / CD media. I am
not sure what the good of it is.
michael
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