Subject: Re: CD-RW as a writeable drive
From: Tim Johnson (tim@johnsons-web.com)
Date: Mon Oct 28 2002 - 14:52:23 AKST
* Justin Dieters <enderak@gci.net> [021028 12:32]:
>
> This is possible on Windows using DirectCD software - last I heard they
> were getting close to developing support for Linux to do the same thing,
> but I don't think it's available yet..
I was at a clients house on Saturday and observed her writing to
her CD-Rom drive as if it were a zip disk. She was using Windows XP...
> Justin
>
>
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> Mike Baker wrote:
>
> >Can I use my CD-RW drive as a writable drive just like a zip disk? I
> >haven't found how to do this yet. I have see the cdrecord program but I
> >was hoping to be able to put a file system on a rewritable disk and
> >mount it and then issue commands like cp or mv to files on the disk. Is
> >this possible? If so could you point me to some info on how to do this,
> >what file system to use or any help would be appreciated.
> >
> >
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