GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 145029
Ask whether to format for packet writing when feature is available
Last modified: 2006-12-22 15:31:33 UTC
From http://packet-cd.sourceforge.net/instructions.php3, with the kernel patches from http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/patches/packet/2.6/ When inserting a new CD-RW, gnome-volume-manager should ask whether the person wants to format the disc for packet writing, or launch the usual CD writing software. The formatting tool could be generic (CD-RW blanking or packet writing, DVD-RW, DVD+RW) and live in nautilus-cd-burner. gnome-volume-manager would only have to: 1) Check whether packet writing is available (kernel feature, and user-space tools) 2) If packet writing is available, ask the user which type of CD-RW he/she wants to create 3) Format appropriately (tool in other module).
When/if this is in the kernel we can add support to g-v-m.
*** Bug 163155 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
From the dupe: " Packet writing has been add to the official tree of Linux from version 2.6.10: search for "packet writing" in http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.10 At present, in Debian, the steps I have to do in order to use a CD-RW "as a floppy" are: * /etc/init.d/udftools start (after adding /dev/hdb to /etc/default/udftools) * cdrwtool -d /dev/hdb -q * add /dev/hdb to /etc/fstab with rw,noatime options (pmount does *not* work here...) * mount /dev/hdb If packet writing become widespread, I think that the last three steps should be performed by nautilus-cd-burner, gnome-volume-manager, pmount. When blanking a CD-RW, nautilus-cd-burner should test whether packet writing is supported and enabled in the kernel and - in the affermative case - ask the desired type of formatting. Then the CD should be mounted. "
I guess we can look at this for g-v-m, then.
not eally sure this belongs in g-v-m, thinking it should be an external app that the user can set as the default app to execute when a blank cd is inserted.
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-volume-manager/+bug/17592 asks for this feature also. Where would be a good place to integrate it?