Talk:Packet writing

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[edit] Not a file system

It is not a file system, should be removed from disk file systems category? — Claunia 22:58, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Agreed, packet writing is not a file system in itself. -- Tempel 12:41, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier is not a UDF extension. — Jaevelig 12:11, 04 January 2006

I don't know Mount Rainier, but its wiki article claims that it is a UDF extension. Can you explain why you think it's not a UDF extension? -- Tempel 12:41, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed an unspecific note about unformatting

I took the liberty to remove this part:

This is further complicated by the fact that is nearly impossible to unformat a disc formatted specifically for packet writing thus rendering it unusable in computers that do not have support for the proprietary mode.^{[citation needed]}

Reason: I've written packet writing software myself (DirectCD for Mac) and have no idea what this sentence suggests. It might relate to the fact that on CD rewritable media sectors "wear out" with use, some more, others less, and that it's difficult to preserve this information between reformats as the information is stored in the file system (in case of UDF) and would need to be preserved. But when one would reformat a CD-RW with a non-packet writing file system (e.g. ISO 9660) in between, this information would surely get lost, making the disk for further packet writing quite unreliable. -- Tempel 12:37, 20 November 2006 (UTC)