On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 09:08 -0400, john wrote: > Björn Lundin wrote: > > H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > > > > >>On Sunday 26 September 2004 10:17, john wrote: > >> > >>>Hello > >>>I will be using cdrw media in upcoming work to transfer files between > >>>work and home and also use for backup. In winblows, it was a matter of > >>>"save as" and indicate cd. I have not used win for about a year now and > >>>don't intend to. Would appreciate some advice on which application would > >>>be simplest to setup and use or point me in the right direction for > >>>info. I have tried k3b, eroaster, and nautilus without much success. My > >>>lack of experience in setup is probably the real issue. Thanks in > >>>advance. John > >> > >>John what exactly are your problems? > >>I myself used Nautilus on a laptop and K3B on my desktop. Both are > >>"no-brainers" to install as one uses "urpmi" to do that correctly. > >> > >>Neither of them require any special setup as they probe for CD drives > >>themselves. If your drive isn't found, there might some other problem with > >>your hardware. > >> > >>Nautilus offers the option "burn to CD" when right-clicking an a file and > >>K3B > >>supports drag & drop very well IMO. > > > > I think he's after UDF writing. I'm not sure if that's supported at in > > Linux. Some googling only gives dead projects, but no valuable info. I'd go > > with a usb-stick instead, if moving data between machines is the primary > > reason, and burning to an cd-r/dvd with k3b for backup > > /Björn > Hello > Thanks for the response. I will be developing spreadsheets, schedules, > e-mail to send out at home, etc. I have 2 projects that require driving > about 150 miles per day. I use laptop on road and desktop at home. It is > easier to enter info. during day and sort out,adjust. or modify at home. > When using k3b for example, it burns the first file on cd ok, but then > doesn't like adding the next file or making changes to the existing > file. I tried the force button but this ends with error. I'm not > familiar with a usb-stick but might be an alternative. Thanks again for > info. > John >
In light of this, ignore my last post (or transfer all the files at the day's end) A USB stick is almost certainly the best way to go (or any USB mass storage device). If you take your laptop home, you could possibly use a crossover cable to network it to your home machine. pm
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