Re: CD-RW blues help

[<dsavage peaknet net>]

On May 30, 2003 Elton Woo wrote:
 On May 30, 2003 12:57 am, Robert G. (Doc) Savage shrike-list redhat com
> wrote:
>>  in your /etc/fstab:
>>
>>    /dev/cdrom  /mnt/cdrom  udf,iso9660   noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
>>
>> The 'udf' entry is new for RH9, and largely optional.
> ... pardon my ignorance, but would you kindly enlighten me on the
> advantages of the UDF protocol? My CDRW device is connected
> as /dev/hdd , and mounts as /dev/cdrom1.

Elton,

I know that 'udf' stands for User Defined Format. I *think* udf is the
non-ISO9660 format used to write/rewrite to CD-RW disks as though they
were big floppies. I'll let someone else provide confirmation and/or
further details.

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL