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Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 00:43:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: patch: atapi dvd-ram support
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Jens Axboe wrote:

> This is not necessary, the ide-cd driver will set the read-only
> flag appropriately depending on the device type detected.

This may not be the best option as the default.
If a dvd-ram is used for backup you may not always want it in RW mode.
Just a thought.

Andre Hedrick
The Linux ATA/IDE guy

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