"Carl Karsten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I suppose I should add some details on the positive side: min buffer full
> never goes below 90%, and many other files are ok.
>
> I think I have gotten cd-cdr to work using dd.
>
> Carl
>
Yes, it can work ... or it cannot. Random, so pray !
Philippe
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Philippe Moutarlier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 1:55 AM
> Subject: Re: mkisofs -> cdrecord
>
>
> >
> > Just about piping : writing CD's is a real ONE time job.
> > Better be sure the program PROVIDING the data is real time .. and I don't
> think mkisofs is anything but a "normal" unix (no-real-time) process. No
> suprise if doing
> > it in two steps (writing an image on hard disk, then burn it) tends to be
> more reliable ...
> >
> > for example, I could never get a direct burn cd-to-cdr to work properly.
> It is supposed to work, but I just could not get it.
> >
> > Philippe
> >
> > "Carl Karsten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > two things:
> > >
> > > 1. I always seam to have trouble piping mkisofs into cdrecord. In the
> > > past: try, fail, break it into two steps, works fine, don't worry about
> it,
> > > repeat next week. I have decided to try and figure out what is going
> on.
> > >
> > > Today I did this:
> > >
> > > # mkisofs -J -V DataJunc ./ | cdrecord -v dev=0,4,0 speed=6 -
> > > (burns ok)
> > > # mount /mnt/cdroms/cdrom0 /dev/scd0
> > > (mounts ok)
> > > # diff djwin32.650/setup.exe /mnt/cdroms/cdrom0/djwin32.650/setup.exe
> > > Binary files djwin32.650/setup.exe and
> > > /mnt/cdroms/cdrom0/djwin32.650/setup.exe
> > > differ
> > >
> > > So that didn't work.
> > >
> > > Here is what did work:
> > >
> > > # mkisofs -J -V DataJunc -o dj.iso ./
> > > # losetup /dev/loop0 dj.iso
> > > # mount /dev/loop0 /mnt/cdimg
> > > # diff -v djwin32.650/setup.exe /mnt/cdimg/djwin32.650/setup.exe
> > > (diff dosn't report a diff)
> > >
> > > At this point, I could write the image out to the cd, and I am sure it
> would
> > > work. it has in the past. I am trying to figure out what I am doing
> > > wrong.
> > >
> > > thing #2: so that I don't make as many coasters, how can I do multi
> session
> > > cds? how do I mount them? Right now I am only burning about 100 meg, so
> I
> > > should be able to take 6 shots at it on one disk, right? I realize that
> may
> > > make things even more complicated, but I may as well use this as a way
> to
> > > learn about multi sessions cd's anyway.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > Carl
> > >
> > >
> > >
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