On Fri 02 Apr 04, 7:58 AM, Jonathan Stickel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > >hi ed, > > > >On Thu 01 Apr 04, 11:04 AM, Edward Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > <snip> > >>The one advantage I have in Windows is that CDRW disc is recognized > >>as a valid drive by the file system. That allows me to read and write > >>files directly on it, using OpenOffice, or any other app. I have not > >>yet been able to get this enabled on Gentoo, even though I have RW > >>defined in FSTAB for the CDRW device. > > > > > >intriguing. there's really no reason, ipso facto, that linux can't do > >this. > > > >this feature is probably part of MS windows kernel. on linux, it would > >be implemented by a small kernel module and a user space application > >(like OO). most likely the reason you can't do this on linux is that > >nobody has written it yet. > > > >give it time. if it isn't written yet, it will be. that's the werid of > >the open source world. > > > >pete > > > > Pete > > It can be done already. See my response to Ed here: > http://www.lugod.org/mailinglists/archives/vox-tech/2004-04/msg00022.html
see that? my prediction just came true!!! :-) > Maybe you missed it because I changed the subject line? ;) > > Jonathan heh. i'm still trying to catch up on my email... pete -- Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein GPG Instructions: http://www.dirac.org/linux/gpg GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech