some questions on cd/dvd burning from a newbie

[Pablo Rodriguez <oinos@web.de>]

Hi there,

I have just moved to Linux (actually MDK 9.1 is the only OS that I have
installed on my new laptop).

My laptop includes the Pioner DVD-RW Burner DVR-K12R and I have burnt cd 
iso images with xcdroast. What I would like to know is whether I could 
use packet writting for cd and dvd and restricted overwritting for dvd, 
without having to recompile the kernel (which is a too hard task for a 
newbie).

I'd also like to know whether dvd-rw restricted overwritting is similar 
to packet writting for cd-rw.

Thanks for your help,


Pablo