hardware question: Sony DVD with linux

[Tom Syroid]

Chris,

I know this is a bit off-topic for this list, but...

I recently purchased an HP dvd300i DVD+RW. I'm still learning and trying to 
get my head around the mechanics of writing to DVD's.

1. Is there a way (currently available) to write to a DVD as if it were a 
just another file system (eg, a HD)? I know this involves UDF, but beyond 
this, I'm lost.
2. Is there some good documentation out there on using growisofs? I've look 
at a couple pieces, both more confusing than clarifying.

Appreciate any direction you can provide. Off-list is fine if I've veered 
too far astray.

Best,
/tom

--On Wednesday, September 17, 2003 02:36:19 AM -0400 Chris Kloiber 
<ckloiber at redhat.com> wrote:

> (My system at work has a regular CD-RW and the DVD±RW)
>
> When I reuse the DVD+RW, growisofs is smart enough to overwrite what's
> there without formatting again. Reformatting is discouraged as it
> represents another burn. Remember these disk can be written only about
> 1000 times. To reformat each time cuts it's life in about half.
>
> --
> Chris Kloiber
> Red Hat, Inc.