Yeah this is true.  The ROM of the drive has to support it.
Rob

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of FemmeFatale
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 6:25 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: [newbie]
>> 
>> 
>> At 02:19 PM 2/5/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>> >On Wednesday 05 Feb 2003 2:14 pm, Robert Wideman wrote:
>> > > MMM, I dont know about this Finalize thing.  I use Nero for 
>> Winbloz and I
>> > > do NOT have to finalize a cd in order to read it on another 
>> machine w/o
>> > > Nero. I can even see the files in Linux boxes no problem.
>> > > Just my 2 cents on this issue.
>> >
>> >Nero definitely has a place to specify whether a disk is 
>> finalized or not.  I
>> >can't comment on whether the disks are readable elsewhere - I 
>> only know that
>> >others have found this not to be so.
>> >
>> >Anne
>> >--
>> >Registered Linux User No.293302
>> 
>> As long as you don't finalize a CD it is readable on most CDR/W cdrom 
>> players.  If the technology (CDROM, not the disc) is older, 
>> usually it has 
>> to be finalized.
>> 
>> Having said that, some newer CDRom players DO read un-finalized 
>> discs.  Plextor AFAIK is the better one for this function.
>> 
>> -------------
>> FemmeFatale
>> 
>> Good Decisions You boss Made:
>> "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that
>> character from Peanuts."
>> 
>> - Source: Dilbert
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 

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