Re: Question Re used CD-RW

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

Thanks -- I found makefs(8) looks useful.

Need to read it.

On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM Dave Huang <khym%azeotrope.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 23 Jan 2025, Todd Gruhn wrote:
> > How do I make the CD-RW  into ISO 9660 instead of UDF?
>
> mkisofs and cdrecord from the sysutils/cdrtools package can do it. I think
> the makefs utility that comes with NetBSD can do it too, although I've
> never used that.
>
> But if you use ISO 9660 format, the CD-RW will be more like an erasable
> CD-R, not like a slow flash drive. You'll be able to add more files to it
> (i.e., add additional sessions), but once it's full, the only way to free
> up space is to erase the whole thing. At least I'm pretty sure that's how
> it works... it's been a really long time since I used CD-RWs :)
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