[Dvdrtools-users] RE: Mashita DVD-RAM LF-D310 -- Not "rewrite" DVD-RAM but "record" (fwd)

[L. Cranswick]

> On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 09:39, Lachlan Cranswick wrote:
> > I don't know the correct "technical" answer to this.  I just assumed 
> > this was an "accidental" benefit of the way dd works.  I assume(?) "dd"
> > would work this way with any device that the kernal knew 
> > was "writable" - or maybe read/writable?
> 
> Yes.  I have an older 2.6/5.2GB DVD-RAM drive that has worked in Linux
> since 1998.  That's because it uses the same design as older Panasonic
> PD drives that have been supported for years.
> 
> But that's for "Rewrite" aka "random access" mode to DVD-RAM disks.
> 
> Can you "Record" aka "write once" to a DVD-R(G) disk (on a 3rd Gen
> DVD-RAM drive) doing the same?

Not tried as I thought DVD-RAM would only work with DVD-RAM
disks?  Or am I totally out of date of what modern DVD-RAM drives
can do?

Lachlan.

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