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Re: Making an ext2 filesystem on a DVD+RW



On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 09:34:57PM -0500, Jack Dodds wrote:
> I am using Sarge with the 2.6.17 kernel from backports.org.
> 
> According to tidbits I have read on the Internet, DVD+RW
> support was added to the kernel in 2.6.10, and I should be
> able to make an file system on a DVD+RW with mke2fs.
> 
> However, it doesn't work:
> 
> mke2fs /dev/hdd
> mke2fs 1.37 (21-Mar-2005)
> /dev/hdd: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while
> setting up superblock
> 
> I also installed udftools and the pktcdvd module:
> 
> modprobe pktcdvd
> pktsetup /dev/pktcdvd0 /dev/hdd
> ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> 
> Can anyone advise me on this?
> 
IIRC, you can only use iso9660 or udf filesystems on DVD or CD media.

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sanchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com

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