DVD-RAM

[Marc Fonvieille]

On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 11:56:51AM +0100, Michael K. Roost wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> since one can use DVD-RAM with FreeBSD completely problem-free, a 
> section in the user manual would be meaningful.
> 
> I use a LG <HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4120B/A102>. To use a DVD-RAM I do the 
> following:
> 
> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/acd0 count=2
> 
> # disklabel /dev/acd0 | disklabel -BrR acd0 /dev/stdin
>

I'd think
# disklabel -Bw acd0
was enough (-r is ignored since the switch to bsdlabel(8)) instead of
the pipe etc.

> # newfs /dev/acd0
> 
> # mount /dev/acd0 /mnt/ram
> 
> Afterwards, one can use /dev/acd0 like normal a hard-disk.
> 


Marc