Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 19:06:07 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: "Michael K. Roost" <michi@mirox.ch> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: DVD-RAM Message-ID: <20060108180606.GD681@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <43C150DB.2020506@mirox.ch> References: <43C0EFF3.8020708@mirox.ch> <20060108114844.GA681@gothic.blackend.org> <43C150DB.2020506@mirox.ch>
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On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 06:50:19PM +0100, Michael K. Roost wrote: > Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > >On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 11:56:51AM +0100, Michael K. Roost wrote: > > > > > >>Hello everybody, > >> > >>since one can use DVD-RAM with FreeBSD completely problem-free, a > >>section in the user manual would be meaningful. > >> > >>I use a LG <HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4120B/A102>. To use a DVD-RAM I do the > >>following: > >> > >># dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/acd0 count=2 > >> > >># disklabel /dev/acd0 | disklabel -BrR acd0 /dev/stdin > >> > >> > >> > > > >I'd think > ># disklabel -Bw acd0 > >was enough (-r is ignored since the switch to bsdlabel(8)) instead of > >the pipe etc. > > > > > ok! - worked for me too... > > > > > > >># newfs /dev/acd0 > >> > >># mount /dev/acd0 /mnt/ram > >> > >>Afterwards, one can use /dev/acd0 like normal a hard-disk. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >Marc > > > > > summarized for using a DVD-RAM: > > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/acd0 count=2 > > # disklabel -Bw acd0 > > # newfs /dev/acd0 > > (# mkdir /mnt/ram (ram as example)) > > # mount /dev/acd0 /mnt/ram > OK, thanks for the feedback. I'll add a DVD-RAM section in the Handbook ASAP. Marc
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