Subject: Re: Device support: DVD-RAM for NetBSD?
To: Bruce Martin <BruceM@cat.co.za>
From: Andrew Coles <andrew@andycole.force9.co.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 04/06/1999 19:05:38
> Just read an article in the paper about Panasonic's new
> DVD-RAM, rewritable CD's up to 17Gb - anyone know of any
> support/development currently happening with respect to
> rewritable CD devices?

If the DVD-RAM part is like the Panasonic PD drive (which it is backwards
compatiable with AFAIR) then you don't need any special drivers: it works
as a standard SCSI drive, with virtual cylinders to mimic hard drive
behaviour. I'm not sure about the CD writing part tho.

Regards

Andrew