Subject: Re: Poll: NON BurnFree (buffer underrun protection) CD writers
To: Reinoud Zandijk <reinoud@netbsd.org>
From: Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@NetBSD.org>
List: current-users
Date: 03/27/2004 10:34:16
Reinoud Zandijk wrote:
> Dear NetBSD users,
>
> as some might have notived, i am writing a filingsystem for CDs and DVDs
> but am wondering about the presence of NON buffer underrun protected
> CD-R(W) burners still in active use today.
>
> Not supporting those drives would significantly simplify my
> implementation and thus am looking forward to skip them :-)
>
> Any ideas on the subject ?

I'm fine with no support for non-burnfree drives. Price of a latest 48x/24x 
CD-RW drive is lower than $40 nowadays, and used ones are even cheaper. 
Additional efforts to support older, non-burnfree drives can be left to 
those who want to use them. ;-)

Jun-Young