From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 10:58:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 10:58:07 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:30218 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 10:58:02 -0500 Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 16:27:18 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Andre Hedrick Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Chipsets, DVD-RAM, and timeouts.... Message-ID: <20010101162718.B567@suse.de> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from andre@linux-ide.org on Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 12:07:34AM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 01 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: > ide.2.4.0-prerelease.cd.1231.patch : > > ./drivers/ide/ide-cd.c > ./drivers/ide/ide-cd.h > > Adds ATAPI DVD-RAM native read/write mode for any FS. > mke2fs -b 2048 /dev/hdc > You must format to 2048 size blocks. Any >= 2KB block size will work, using -b 2048 is not necessary. > UDF is an unknown. Barring strange (new) UDF bugs, it will work. And it's the preferred way of using the DVD-RAM, both from a portability and media stability standpoint. -- * Jens Axboe * SuSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/