"Kenneth D. Merry" wrote:
> Hubert Feyrer wrote...
> > Because
> > 1) The writer is not supported by cdrecord and according to Joerg
> >    Schilling will never be. Reason here seems to be that this is a
> >    "PD" drive, whatever that is.
> 
> You don't need support from cdrecord for DVD-RAM drives.  DVD-RAM drives
> use a standard read/write model, like optical disks, instead of the CD-R
> model where the disks require fixation, etc.
> 
> I'm not sure what "PD" stands for, either.

I _think_ PD stands for Phasechage Device. IIRC, this
is kind of a MOD, with lasers heating the magnetic
surface to enable changing the polarization, but this
is from fading memory ... :-)

  Guenther