[newbie] True CDRW Functions In File Manager?

2003-06-15 Thread KCables
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?



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Re: [newbie] True CDRW Functions In File Manager?

2003-06-15 Thread KCables
On Sunday 15 June 2003 02:08 pm, Derek Jennings wrote:
 On Sunday 15 Jun 2003 6:23 pm, KCables wrote:
  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


 What you are asking for is something called Packet Writing  Packet
 writing allows you to treat a CD-RW just like an ordinary file system.
 There is a project for that but AFAIK  it is not ready for use yet.

 derek

Okay. I guess that's bad news and good news.  :-) Thanks for the info and I'll 
keep a lookout for something. Any chance that you know where I can perhaps 
get some info concerning the development of this packet writing feature?

Cables


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