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authorPeter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>2005-01-10 17:23:24 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>2005-01-10 17:23:24 -0800
commitc23bcb19a4d677e95e69c9082edf373e37d8f5a6 (patch)
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parentb4494f96ad5a926a4ed11548de95ee05f16cb8ee (diff)
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[PATCH] pktcdvd: Small documentation update
Mention that a new DVD+RW disc has to be formatted before first use. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.txt3
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diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.txt b/Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.txt
index d34fcbca9f2727..b402e4c949dab4 100644
--- a/Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ shall implement "true random writes with 2KB granularity", which means
that it should be possible to put any filesystem with a block size >=
2KB on such a disc. For example, it should be possible to do:
+ # dvd+rw-format /dev/hdc (only needed if the disc has never
+ been formatted)
# mkudffs /dev/hdc
# mount /dev/hdc /cdrom -t udf -o rw,noatime
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ writes are not 32KB aligned.
Both problems can be solved by using the pktcdvd driver, which always
generates aligned writes.
+ # dvd+rw-format /dev/hdc
# pktsetup dev_name /dev/hdc
# mkudffs /dev/pktcdvd/dev_name
# mount /dev/pktcdvd/dev_name /cdrom -t udf -o rw,noatime