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From: Wally Wombat jun. on 3 Aug 2007 04:03 http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/en/drive/comb/kxlcb30a/download.html > > "kxlcb30a.exe" > > This one is the one with 2 options (USB driver and DVD-RAM driver). > Try that one first. Google has numerous entries on this one.
From: rich on 3 Aug 2007 04:05 On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:43:04 +0000, Achim Nolcken Lohse wrote: > I've got 3 LG Super-Multi DVD burners, all of which claim to support > DVD-RAM. However, the bundled software doesn't appear to work with the > later models, and the only downloadable drivers I've found are > propriatary BHA and Panasonic ones, that are described as working only > with specifice models or updateably only to original retail software. > > I'd like to be able to use DVD-RAM as a removable hard disk under > Windows 98, Win2000, and possibly Linux, and am looking for freeware > that provides that functionality. > > Is there any out there? I have old-ish LG DVD drives (4163B) in both a windoze machine (XP) and a linux machine (Mepis 6.5). Got some DVD-RAM disks for very much the same purpose as you describe - a removable disk for storage and backup Findings: The disks are single sided Panasonic and came pre-formated UDF2. My windoze machine is for video editing and rendering and is very much stripped down for speed. I do not want to install UDF drivers on this machine. The linux machine will, with a bit of tinkering, mount, read and write DVD-RAM without much problem, but will also format to (I think) ext2, not readable by windoze. Solution: Use the lowest common denominator. Format the disks to FAT32 in the windoze machine, also readable on the linux machine. Do this on a windows machine through the usual format dialog. However, all advice says that UDF is the best format for these disks. For free packet writing software see: http://www.argentuma.com/backup/software/dla.html Although these are Dell/IBM they are actually Sonic drivers and the Dell version certainly works in a virtual XP machine I run under linux, I build all my machines, not a bit of Dell in sight. Finally: The DVD-RAM disks are 3x speed and really act more like a big floppy than a hard drive. Not much use for big backups but quite acceptable for read / writes of documents etc. Some hints for linux : Put following line in /etc/fstab /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd auto noauto,users,rw 0 0 : In a terminal ~$ mkdir /mnt/dvd ~$ mount /mnt/dvd ~$ chmod a+w /mnt/dvd ~$ umount /mnt/dvd ~$ exit : can now be mounted + written by users just like a hard disk partition. If you need to format the DVD-RAM in linux Put a DVD-RAM in the drive ~$ su (to root, but may not be necessary) ~$ mke2fs /dev/hdc (if your drive device is /dev/hdc, say) -- rich
From: Achim Nolcken Lohse on 3 Aug 2007 04:08 On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 08:23:54 +1000, "Wally Wombat jun." <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >The Panasonic drivers worked for me on all of my 3 different Pioneer models >with W98SE, as well as W2000. (XP has its own driver). >This was the original download page, but it's not working now: >http://panasonic.jp/dvdram/english/softdl/driver/down2000.html >The DVD-RAM device driver was called "". >Maybe you can google for it or it's the one, you've already got. > > >I've seen all of these drivers working on Pioneer and Panasonic drives, >including the Toshiba one. >They should work ok on your LGs. >You won't break anything by trying, as they are easy to uninstall. > >Good luck, mate > > Have just installed and tried the Win9x driver 9x306NE.exe, which is listed together with the 2K2220NE.EXE driver for Win2k. However, when I try to write to the DVD-RAM disk, a 2X Maxell 4.7GB just now taken out of its shrinkwrap, Windows reports: "cannot create or replace. Access denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected, and that the file is not in use.' And when I check the disk's properties, Windows reports it as a 1.99GB CD-ROM with 0Bytes of free space and the CDFS file system. No format option is offered in the Properties view, and clicking on the "Volumes" tab crashes explorer. So no cigar, I'm afraid. I did find what was described as a "hacked" Panasonic driver, but only for Win2k. I expect to get some 5X Verbatim DVD-RAM disk shortly, and will try them then. -- Achim _____/) axethetax
From: Achim Nolcken Lohse on 3 Aug 2007 04:42 On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 17:59:45 +1000, "Wally Wombat jun." <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >Achim Nolcken Lohse wrote: >> >> google came up empty on that one. >>> >--------------------- >The 2 search result links indeed have frozen since this afternoon, but the >download location is still working: >http://omninet.interfree.it/ReadDVD_W2_152b.exe > >Actually, I made a mistake with the above driver. I have it in storage as a >3rd alternative, but the one I ended up using was another driver from >Panasonic: >(I just found it with another search on my storage HD. I have years of >accumulated collections of all sorts. Please forgive me.) > >"kxlcb30a.exe" > >This one is the one with 2 options (USB driver and DVD-RAM driver). Try that >one first. Google has numerous entries on this one. OK. I ran into a problem uninstalling the first driver I tried 9x307NE. It doesn't show up in the install/uninstall window, and Quartermaster Uninstall crashes when I try to remove it. I went ahead and installed the DVD-RAM driver in kxlcb30a.exe, and then the same DVD-RAM showed the following properties: Label: MX120 Type: CD-ROM disc File system: IDFFS20 usec space: 384KB Free space: 4.26GB BUT - no format option offered, just Volumes, which still crashes explorer. But most importantly, when I try to copy a file to the disc, the following popup appears: Cannot create or replace ...: Access denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write protected and the file is not currently in use. > -- Achim _____/) axethetax
From: Achim Nolcken Lohse on 3 Aug 2007 04:50 On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:05:17 GMT, rich <rich(a)nohome.com> wrote: >On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:43:04 +0000, Achim Nolcken Lohse wrote: > >> I've got 3 LG Super-Multi DVD burners, all of which claim to support >> DVD-RAM. However, the bundled software doesn't appear to work with the >> later models, and the only downloadable drivers I've found are >> propriatary BHA and Panasonic ones, that are described as working only >> with specifice models or updateably only to original retail software. >> >> I'd like to be able to use DVD-RAM as a removable hard disk under >> Windows 98, Win2000, and possibly Linux, and am looking for freeware >> that provides that functionality. >> >> Is there any out there? > >I have old-ish LG DVD drives (4163B) in both a windoze machine (XP) and a >linux machine (Mepis 6.5). Got some DVD-RAM disks for very much the same >purpose as you describe - a removable disk for storage and backup > >Findings: > >The disks are single sided Panasonic and came pre-formated UDF2. My >windoze machine is for video editing and rendering and is very much >stripped down for speed. I do not want to install UDF drivers on this >machine. The linux machine will, with a bit of tinkering, mount, read and >write DVD-RAM without much problem, but will also format to (I think) >ext2, not readable by windoze. > >Solution: > >Use the lowest common denominator. Format the disks to FAT32 in the >windoze machine, also readable on the linux machine. Do this on a windows >machine through the usual format dialog. Would like to, but no format dialogue comes up when accessing the DVD-RAM disk. >However, all advice says that UDF is the best format for these disks. For >free packet writing software see: > >http://www.argentuma.com/backup/software/dla.html > >Although these are Dell/IBM they are actually Sonic drivers and the Dell >version certainly works in a virtual XP machine I run under linux, I build >all my machines, not a bit of Dell in sight. > > >Finally: > >The DVD-RAM disks are 3x speed and really act more like a big floppy than >a hard drive. Not much use for big backups but quite acceptable for read / >writes of documents etc. > >Some hints for linux > >: Put following line in /etc/fstab >/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd auto noauto,users,rw 0 0 > >: In a terminal > >~$ mkdir /mnt/dvd >~$ mount /mnt/dvd >~$ chmod a+w /mnt/dvd >~$ umount /mnt/dvd >~$ exit > >: can now be mounted + written by users just like a hard disk partition. > >If you need to format the DVD-RAM in linux >Put a DVD-RAM in the drive > >~$ su (to root, but may not be necessary) >~$ mke2fs /dev/hdc (if your drive device is /dev/hdc, say) Thanks, don't have time to try this tonight, but will try to give it a shot within the next few days. Does this format the disk to Fat32? -- Achim _____/) axethetax
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