From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750735AbWBMPrH (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:47:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750746AbWBMPrG (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:47:06 -0500 Received: from iriserv.iradimed.com ([69.44.168.233]:44305 "EHLO iradimed.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750735AbWBMPrF (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:47:05 -0500 Message-ID: <43F0A9B7.5090007@cfl.rr.com> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:45:59 -0500 From: Phillip Susi User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Phillip Susi Subject: Re: Packet writing issue on 2.6.15.1 References: <20060211103520.455746f6@silver> <20060211124818.063074cc@silver> <20060211170813.3fb47a03@silver> <43EE446C.8010402@cfl.rr.com> <20060211211440.3b9a4bf9@silver> <43EE8B20.7000602@cfl.rr.com> <2006021 <20060213044029.GF7450@squish.home.loc> In-Reply-To: <20060213044029.GF7450@squish.home.loc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Feb 2006 15:48:48.0238 (UTC) FILETIME=[FA8C40E0:01C630B4] X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-7.2.0.1122-3.52.1006-14265.000 X-TM-AS-Result: No-0.632000-5.000000-4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Paul wrote: > Hi; > > Ah, I havent used a cd-rw in quite some time; I recall now > that I had to do an initial format on the dvd-rw with dvd+rw-format, > but had never used cdrwtool in the process. Thanks for the correction. dvd+rw-format formats discs in MRW mode, so you don't need pktcdvd to access them. MRW mode is less compatible than packet mode, and may yield less usable space due to the sector sparing.