Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Packet Writing. GNU/Linux Yes. Microslop Fuck No. Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 23:44:02 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 01:44:03 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="815e55d99562bcb9558366d294504d53"; logging-data="975259"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18jEDWiqrLm1VlfIuCjoBq9zsFyG0Rx8fouXmKbiwPS3w==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:SpGgrvhfQ4L3F+gva0PZI7RiTtI= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 01:26 this Friday (GMT): > On 9/25/2024 2:11 PM, Lying Larry Pietraskiewicz gurgled: > >> Since I am on the topic of optical media, let's consider "packet >> writing," which allows a DVD+/-/RAM optical disk to be used as sort >> of a huge floppy disk, i.e. one can read and write sectors over and over. >> >> GNU/Linux has had this capability for a LONG time: >> >> https://docs.kernel.org/cdrom/packet-writing.html >> >> What about Microcrap Winblows? >> >> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! >> >> Never had it. Never will. > > > per wikipedia: > > "Windows Vista and later can natively access and write to both FAT32 > and UDF formatted DVD-RAM discs using mastered burning method or > packet writing." I used to use those back in the day. -- user is generated from /dev/urandom