Re: cd-rw mount and mkfs?
Jinsong Zhao wrote:
> Using SCSI emulation, I can mount an existing cd: mount /dev/sr0 /mnt
> I can also blank the cd-rw by: cdrecord -blank all -dev=0,0
> Now I want to make a file system as: mkfs /dev/sr0, but it failed.
> My next intended action is to mount it so that I can write files on to it.
>
> So looks like I cannot treat the cd-w as a floppy disk?
>
> Comments are appreciated.
As far as I know, no, you can't treat it like a floppy disk.
More like a CDR that you can blank and start over with.
PD-CDs are nice because they do look like 650 MB hard disks. You
make filesystems on them and use them like removable disks.
Peter
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