Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 14 Apr 2001 18:16:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 14 Apr 2001 18:15:53 -0400 Received: from tomts8.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.52]:62095 "EHLO tomts8-srv.bellnexxia.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 14 Apr 2001 18:15:40 -0400 Message-ID: <3AD8CC04.EA5022C1@coplanar.net> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 18:15:32 -0400 From: Jeremy Jackson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cacook@freedom.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Writing to Pana DVD-RAM In-Reply-To: <20010414213259Z132548-682+222@vger.kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org cacook@freedom.net wrote: > Hello, > > I am running RedHat Wolverine (beta) with kernel 2.4.2. I have a SCSI subsystem (AHA2740) with a Panasonic LF-D101 DVDRAM on it. > > I read that the CDROM driver is built to recognize DVDRAMs and allow writes; well I can mount and read the UDF file system fine, but am not allowed writes. I have UDF2.0 on the disk, because it didn't recognize UDF2.1. > > Also, when I make xconfig, it includes UDF support, but read-only. (Write-Experimental is grayed-out) > > In fstab: /dev/scd1 is mounted to /mnt/dvdram udf default 0 0. (paraphrasing) > > I need the DVDRAM for backups and file transfers. Is the problem the driver, the UDF filesystem, my setup, or what? > -- > C. > > The best way out is always through. > - Robert Frost A Servant to Servants, 1914 > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ Check that "Experimental " is enabled under "Code Maturity level options", if you can't find it try using "make menuconfig" instead of "make xconfig" Note that the UDF-write support option is listed as "Dangerous"... possibly making things difficult, but then again if you have a DVD-RAM, how bad can things be :) Cheers, Jeremy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/