[plug] exchangable disks with Linux

Trevor Phillips phillips at central.murdoch.edu.au
Tue Jul 27 16:37:08 WST 1999


Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> 
> The DVD RAM drive I have had much better experiences with so far.  It
> is 2.6Gb each side (5.2Gb total) and Linux support is available
> (although full DVD support is still under development).  It is fully
> rewritable; slightly slower than the SparQ but more durable.  You can

Hmmm. How "slower"?? I mean, can it be used like a slow hard drive?
How does it handle reading normal DVD-ROM's?
Can the DVD-RAM disks be read in a DVD-ROM??
(Know any links to more info? ^_^;;)

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