[plug] exchangable disks with Linux

[Jeremy Malcolm]

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> Hmmm. How "slower"?? I mean, can it be used like a slow hard drive?

Absolutely, although I don't have the stats to hand.

> How does it handle reading normal DVD-ROM's?

With no problems.  Likewise video DVDs (not on Linux yet, though).

> Can the DVD-RAM disks be read in a DVD-ROM??

Maybe.  Only a few DVD-ROM drives on the market can read them
currently.  They come in a case that is the size of a normal CD jewel
case, and you have to remove the DVD from the case in order to read it
in a supported DVD-ROM drive.  You can only remove single-sided disks
from their cases.  The double sided DVDs are not designed to be
removed (presumably because of the fear that they could be scratched
by a single-sided DVD-ROM drive).

> (Know any links to more info? ^_^;;)

Yes see the DVD FAQ at
http://www.videodiscovery.com/vdyweb/dvd/dvdfaq.html.

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