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Re: CDR software
Eli Marmor wrote:
> > Since I dont have too much of a technical knoledge I can reffer you to
> > their website: http://www.cdr1.com/ .
>
> I'm afraid that this software is for Windows/DOS.
There's a Solaris version too, but I want to run it on a Linux box.
> Anyway, I am
> considering (for myself!) to buy a CD-R drive too, and one of the
> options I thought of, was installing it on a Windows 95 machine and
> use it through the LAN. My main applications for the CD-R will be
> backuping, and file transmission to customers. I think that instead
> of looking for a primitive CD-R software for UNIX, it may be simpler
> to get one of the professional and popular packages for Windows. The
One thing I do know about burning CDs is that you DON'T want the network
to be busy during the burning. Mastering images off NFS is fine, but
when
you write, you don't need extra interrupts disrupting your CDR.
Another bad idea is to use Windows as a burn server, since PCs throw an
interrupt on each packet they see, which is unfortunately everything on
the hub (Windows keeps all aadapters in promiscious mode). This is a
very
sorry state that cost us about a disc in 6, until we moved to burning
CDs
under Linux. I now write data CDs with a zero failure rate and a fair
UI.
Get it into your heads, people, a decent UI is good, but does not prove
decent underlying quality! [AfterStep lovers, you'll be more productive
with twm! AND save swap space! Oh, no! My Sense-A-Holy war indicator's
flashing... let's get outta here]
Having established that ;), let's move on to audio CDs.
xcdroast, which is the package I've been using for data, apparently
mangles audio. Anyone know about a GOOD, SIMPLE audio CDR package?
> most attractive method for backuping, may be accessing the file system
> of the UNIX by NFS, so all the goodies and benefits of the backup
> packages for Windows, can be used.
What goodies are those?
> If anybody doesn't think so, I'll be glad to hear. I didn't try it,
> and there are some potential problems (e.g. I am not sure that all
> the UNIX file names are supported by Windows 95, etc.). Does anyboody
> use backup through LAN? Or backups his UNIX/Linux by a Windows
> machine?
Well, you CAN write an image on unix that'll be readable on losedows,
with long filenames, and also the other way around - but it's tricky.
There are several extention formats and not all are as compatible as
we'd like them to be. I use Rock-Ridge (without extentions, with
anonimity), and don't use deep dir allocation. Whatever those are.
Also, when I did use windows to burn, I made my iso images on a unix
box with mkisofs. Prepare to lose a coupl'a discs on the first gos.
Gaal