Subject: Re: DVD question
To: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
From: James Wetterau <jwjr@name.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/25/1999 23:43:25
Michael Graff says:
> James Wetterau <jwjr@name.net> writes:
> 
> > Sorry if this question is a bit ignorant, but my understanding is that
> > a lot of laptops now come with DVD drives in lieu of CDs, and the
> > drive can read either CDs or DVDs.  At minimum, I would want to be
> > able to read CDs.
> 
> My Sony laptop has a DVD, and it just works for CDs.  I can even look
> at the file names on a DVD (since most have an ISO9660 filesystem as
> well as the newer flavor) but reading the files isn't always possible.
...

Ah great.  I certainly didn't want to assume that that would just
work, but I'm delighted to hear it will.  In my opinion it would be
nice to note in the supported hardware list that one can use a DVD
drive as a CD drive, even though DVD-ROMs are not supported.

Thanks,
James