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[Acronym] for __C__ompact __D__isc - __R__ead __O__nly __M__emory
-Note that because CDs were "invented" by Philips
(European
) and Sony (Japanese), they are "discs" and not the American "disks" (as in hard disk drive).
+(See DiskVsDisc
)
-Standard discs hold 650MB or there abouts. The normal filesystem used on a data CDROM is iso9660
, although most discs also use MicrosoftCorporation's Joliet extensions that allow some things like long filenames (although some characters that are valid on unix filesystems are not allowed). Another such extension is called Rock Ridge.
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+
Standard discs hold 650MB or there abouts. The normal filesystem used on a data CDROM is [ISO]-9660
, although most discs also use MicrosoftCorporation's Joliet extensions that allow some things like long filenames (although some characters that are valid on unix filesystems are not allowed). Another such extension is called Rock Ridge.
+
+On a [Linux] OperatingSystem, your [IDE] drives (both CDROM or HardDisk) will be available
+as raw devices in /dev/hda (for primary master), /dev/hdb (for primary slave),
+/dev/hdc (secondary master), or /dev/hdd (secondary slave).
+[SCSI] drives will be /dev/scd<i> where <i> is a number starting from .
+
+You only need to worry about raw access for reading audio disks or writing CDs. For accessing data, the disc will be mounted.
+
+Freebsd (5 and later) has raw device files available for IDE CDROMs as /dev/acd0, /dev/acd1, etc.
+----
+Related: [CDWritingNotes], [HowToCDWritingHOWTO], [HowToCDROMHOWTO] and [HowToMP3CDBurning]
