Re: 4.7GB DVD-RAM geometry wrong?

From: Jens Axboe (axboe@suse.de)
Date: Wed Aug 15 2001 - 06:17:33 EST

On Wed, Aug 15 2001, Joseph N. Hall wrote:
> I don't know if I'm doing this the right way or not. I did spend an hour
> or three googling for "linux dvd-ram" and the like, and all I came up with
> was a bunch of 2.2-specific stuff, until I found a usenet posting that
> said in effect "you can write to /dev/scd0". So I gave that a try
> and it worked. Sort of.
>
> I have a Panasonic DVD-RAM, LF-D201 (SCSI 4.7/9.4GB). I put in a
> 4.7GB type II cartridge (that's a single-sided disk), did 'mkfs
> /dev/scd0' and then mounted it, and ... I have a 2.2GB disk!

Attached patch should fix it, Linus please apply. 

-- 
Jens Axboe
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