Formatting CDs

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 03:42 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 21:42 +0000, Thufir wrote:
> > 
> >>On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:20:14 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I don't think anyone managed to be sure he understood your question. I
> >>>know I didn't. Please define "format a CDRW".
> >>
> >>
> >>he wants to use it like a hdd.  write, read, remove, etc.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>-Thufir
> >>
> > 
> > Well at least someone understands. Did no one ever format a floppy?
> 
> Of course. I've formatted likely thousands of them. However, there
> is a well-defined meaning to "format a DVD-RW" and "format a DVD+RW".
> There is not, AFAIK, any well-defined meaning to "format a CD".
> 
> Mike
It is pretty well defined to me. I want the CD-RW to act just like the
foprmatted floppy relative to manipulating files stored on it.
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