quoting KCables; Sunday 15 June 2003 11:23 am: > Mandrake 9.1 > > I am new to linux and have a perplexing issue. Altho I am aware of numerous > cd Burner/ cdrw burn programs I can't seem to find or set up what I really > want and need. I need my cdrw drive to work just as a hard drive, a floppy, > a zip drive, etc. In other words, I need it so files can be dragged and > dropped from my file manager, files can be added, appended, deleted in a > normal file manger fashion rather than having to open some burn program. > Burn programs are great for copying cd's, making music cd's, making > permanent storage cd's, etc. but they suck when it comes to cdrw's and > archiving. CDRW's were designed to work as removable, rewritable drives, > just like floppy's and zips. Having to haul out a program every time you > want to add a file is not what they were designed for. Is there a cdrw burn > program that provides a way to effectively utilize on-demand cdrw > write/rewrite/delete functions in the file manger scenerio? Also, if > something is available for that, would I be able to take a cdrw disk used > in linux, and be able to open the files on it on a windows machine?
First; please don't use a reply to for mail list posts. It's a pain to have to edit and since this list is archived it's a good bet that anything useful will help somebody else in the future. Thanks in advance. What you need is called Mount Rainier, and it ain't anywhere near ready for "the masses" nor is it compatible with your older CD-R/CD-RW. You'd need a new compatible drive when it is ready. The issue of whether a disk written using GNU/Linux or Windows being readable under the other? All that one needs to read the disk under either OS is UDF, which has been around for some time. Doesn't matter which writes and which reads it, although you'll find that Windows has a harder time reading things than a real operating system. <g> >From TechTarget's (http://whatis.techtarget.com/whome/0,,sid9,00.html) "whatis" search facility: "Universal Disk Format (UDF) is a CD-ROM and DVD file system standard developed as a means of ensuring consistency among data written to various optical media, by facilitating both data interchange and the implementation of the ISO/IEC 13346 standard. UDF is required for DVD-ROMs, and is used by DVD to contain MPEG audio/video streams. Originally developed as a replacement for the file system specifications in the original CD-ROM standard, ISO 9660, UDF is used by CD-R and CD-RW in a process called packet writing that makes CD writing more efficient in terms of the time and disk space required." "The Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) defines the UDF specification as a subset of ISO/IEC 13346, which it promotes as a single file system that overcomes limitations of ISO 9660 and redirectors such as CDFS. UDF is used to ensure compatibility across platforms, as well as among various CD and DVD applications." If you want to learn more about CD-RWs (or anything else) try a Google search. On something such as the subject of your post I'd probably use: CD-RW; packet writing; Mount Rainier You'll probably want to pack a lunch though, there's a bit of information out there to read through. :-) Word wrap will kill this link probably but: http://www.google.ca/search?q=CD-RW%3B+packet+writing%3B+Mount+Rainier&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&sa=G is the result of the search suggested above. Good luck, and I hope this was of some help. Regards; Charlie -- Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake 9.1 Bamboo (cooked) 13:49:44 up 1 day, 2:23, 2 users, load average: 0.06, 0.17, 0.11 [Norm is angry.] Woody: What can I get you, Mr. Peterson? Norm: Clifford Clavin's head. -- Cheers, The Triangle Sam: Hey, what's happening, Norm? Norm: Well, it's a dog-eat-dog world, Sammy, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear. -- Cheers, The Peterson Principle Sam: How's life in the fast lane, Normie? Norm: Beats me, I can't find the on-ramp. -- Cheers, Diane Chambers Day
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