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Bug 163155 - Add support for packet-writing formatting
Add support for packet-writing formatting
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 145029
Product: nautilus-cd-burner
Classification: Deprecated
Component: cd-burner
unspecified
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Nautilus CD Burner Maintainers
Nautilus CD Burner Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-01-06 18:27 UTC by Guido Amoruso
Modified: 2005-01-06 18:49 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Guido Amoruso 2005-01-06 18:27:05 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2005-01-06 18:49:51 UTC 
When the CD is inserted, there's no use in nautilus-cd-burner itself. Punting to
a bug I already opened in gnome-volume-manager. When the CD is inserted, it
should ask if we want to format it for packet writing (if the kernel supports it).

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 145029 ***