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 	    supported by the DVD Forum.  A DVD-RAM can be seen as a
 	    removable hard drive.  However, this media is not
 	    compatible with most DVD-ROM drives and DVD-Video players;
-	    only a few DVD writers support the DVD-RAM format.</para>
+	    only a few DVD writers support the DVD-RAM format.  Read
+	    the <xref linkend="creating-dvd-ram"> for more information
+	    on DVD-RAM use.</para>
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@@ -1785,6 +1787,55 @@ cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray c
 	  quite impossible to help you.</para>
       </note>
     </sect2>
+
+    <sect2 id="creating-dvd-ram">
+      <title>Using a DVD-RAM</title>
+      <indexterm>
+	<primary>DVD</primary>
+	<secondary>DVD-RAM</secondary>
+      </indexterm>
+
+      <sect3>
+	<title>Configuration</title>
+
+	<para>DVD-RAM writers come with either SCSI or ATAPI
+	  interface.  You have to enable DMA access for ATAPI devices,
+	  this can be done in adding the following line to the
+	  <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename> file:</para>
+
+	<programlisting>hw.ata.atapi_dma="1"</programlisting>
+      </sect3>
+
+      <sect3>
+	<title>Preparing the Medium</title>
+
+	<para>As previously said in this chapter introduction, a
+	  DVD-RAM can be seen as a removable hard drive.  As any other
+	  hard drive the DVD-RAM must be <quote>prepared</quote>
+	  before the first use.  In our example, we will use the whole
+	  disk space with a standard UFS2 file system.</para>
+
+	<para>As <username>root</username> type the following
+	  commands with the DVD-RAM in:</para>
+
+	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/zero of=<replaceable>/dev/acd0</replaceable> count=2</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -Bw <replaceable>acd0</replaceable></userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>newfs <replaceable>/dev/acd0</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
+	<para>The DVD device, <devicename>acd0</devicename>, must be
+	  changed according to your configuration.</para>
+      </sect3>
+
+      <sect3>
+	<title>Using the Medium</title>
+
+	<para>Once you have performed the previous operations on your
+	  DVD-RAM, you can mount it as a normal hard drive:</para>
+
+	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mount <replaceable>/dev/acd0</replaceable> <replaceable>/mnt</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
+	<para>Then you will be able to read and write on it.</para>
+    </sect2>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="floppies">