Re: Create and use partitions?

No, you can't partition optical disks.

Roger Whittaker wrote:
> I hope this is not a FAQ: if so I apologise, but I haven't been able to 
> discover anything.
> 
> I'm interested in whether it's possible to create and use partitions on a disk 
> which is accessed by pktseup.
> 
> If I do:
> pktsetup goo /dev/sr0  
> 
> then:
> fdisk /dev/pktcdvd/goo
> 
> I can apparently create partitions:
> 
> Command (m for help): p
> 
> Disk /dev/pktcdvd/goo: 604 MB, 604700672 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 18 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 2048 = 32901120 bytes
> 
>            Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/pktcdvd/goo1               1          10      321174   83  Linux
> /dev/pktcdvd/goo2              11          18      257040   83  Linux
> 
> Is there any way to then actually see and use these?  The devices goo1, goo2 
> don't actually exist, and creating them with mknod doesn't seem to help.
> 
>