From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 21 17:59:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 092751065670 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:59:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk) Received: from ptb-relay03.plus.net (ptb-relay03.plus.net [212.159.14.147]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C15208FC19 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:59:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk) Received: from [81.174.214.99] (helo=81-174-214-99.pth-as7.dial.plus.net) by ptb-relay03.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1LESaL-0007bb-Et; Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:59:25 +0000 From: Frank Mitchell To: staffslug@staffslug.org.uk, sc@mailman.lug.org.uk, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, ukfreebsd@uk.freebsd.org Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:55:09 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 20070904.708012) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200812211755.10039.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Plusnet-Relay: 34963d7a8a930a93f5e05adf1bf47ee7 Cc: Subject: Experiments With DVD+RW X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:59:40 -0000 Hi Guys: I discovered the disadvantage of putting an Ext2 File System on DVD+RW: FreeBSD and NetBSD can't mount it, even though they're fine with Ext2 on a Hard Disk partition. Also alas, the Website of Robert Derman, http://www.dermancomputer.com, seems to have vanished, along with his useful free E-Book: "You Can Build Your Own Computer". Faictz Ce Que Vouldras: Frank Mitchell