Porblems creating RW discs in K3B

[James Kosin]

akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:

>On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 04:46:55PM +0000, Andrew Konosky wrote:
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>>Michael Schwendt wrote:
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>>>On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:16:31 +0000, Andrew Konosky wrote:
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>>>>I recently upgraded from a 24/10/40 Plextor CD-RW to an Optorite 12x 
>>>>DVD+/-RW, and I have also upgraded to newer versions of K3B as well.
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>>>Which version of k3b is it? And where did you get it?
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>>>I ask that because the has been a Fedora Core 2 update for k3b which
>>>fixes a multi-session related bug.
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>>[root at andrew root]# rpm -qa|grep k3b
>>k3b-mp3-0.11.17-0.0.2.kde
>>k3b-0.11.17-0.0.2.kde
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>>I use Yum and Synaptic, and both say I have the lastest version.
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>As usual I am confused by this discussion. As far as I can see
>cdrecord, k3b and xcdroast can effectively use only CD-R disks.
>They can not format CD-RW disks as Windows software can do allowing
>you to use the CD just like you would use a hard drive in reading and
>writing to it. So why would anyone use the more expensive CD-RW disks
>on Linux systems?
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>Does anyone have a different take on this matter?
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Yes,  I have a different take.
1)  cdrecord can handle CD-RW disks.  Though not well documented or 
used.  It allows you to use a CD-RW disk like you would any other CD-R 
with the option to erase the CD.

2)  There is no tool that allows you to use the CD-RW like a floppy (on 
the fly witting device).

Here are my comments about CD-RW media:
    a)  They tend to be ~500MB in size as opposed to the 650MB for a CD-R.
    b)  They don't last forever.  They are useful for so many write / 
erase cycles before they die.
    c)  CD-R's seem to be cheaper even today.  You can get 50-100 
CD-R's  for the price of 10-25 CD-RW's.
    d)  Save your money and time, just buy the CD-R's and throw away if 
not needed.  They destroy (self destruct) very easily if you break the 
plastic.

James Kosin