Re: [newbie] Using CD-RW with K3b
Very true, and we could also add that older CD-ROM drives (or hifi CD players) can fail to read CD-RW disks completely, no matter what is written on them. The subject of burning to CD can become very messy very quickly :-( Le Samedi 6 Mars 2004 00:23, Bryan Phinney a écrit : Well, the subject title says Using CD-RW which implies rewriteable CD media. So, you can erase the disk, rewrite the file back again, you just need to completely transfer all files to the hd, erase and then rewrite. However, I was not really referring to rewriting, I was saying that if you create a multi-session CD that has 200MB worth of files on it with the CD not finalized so that you can create additional sessions, some CD-ROM drives can not read the format. They are expecting a completed TOC that is only really created when you finalize the media after all sessions have been completed. Just an FYI for him to keep in mind in case he was planning on using the disk in the meantime. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] copy of HDD
Le Vendredi 5 Mars 2004 11:48, hugenots a écrit : Haiz newbie, how can I take ones HDD and add it to other machine and make it accessible without any lost of data. proble is that I have to copy large amount of data (more than 60 GB) :( I love movies ;) form one PC to another. over LAN it can get to tiresome... I'd be lazy and copy it over a network connection :-) Try out some quick arithmetic, taking my own installation as an example: I can copy over the network at, say, 10MB/s, so we're looking at well under 2 hours to copy your 60 GBs. If I plug the HD into my machine, my HD data transfer peaks at 40Mb/s, so say 1/2hr to copy... but count the time needed: - to remove the PC case and plug in the correct cables. - boot up, set up and check the new hardware in Mandrake. - then to remove the HD at the end and re-install the case. Try running the calculations yourself, and be lazy ;-) Richard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Using CD-RW with K3b
Le Samedi 6 Mars 2004 01:42, rhein a écrit : Hello, I used fro the first time my cd burner with K3b. I created a backup cd-rw with different files. I wanted to erase a directory on the cd-rw, no permission... Then I thought it was a permission problem and I did this in a prompt: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rhein]# chmod 777 /mnt/cdrom chmod: changing permissions of `/mnt/cdrom': Read-only file system How can I get all the files to be read by the user and the root? Thanks for your help Christophe Hi, The CD you have created can be read by anyone - not just by root. However, it is read-only and cannot be changed, except by Cd burning tools such as k3b. If you want to 'erase' anything from the CD-RW, you have to go back into k3b and add a new session to the CD-RW. When you add a new session, you define a new directory tree for the CD-RW... and you can remove any references to a folder that you burnt earlier. The CD-RW then appears to have lost that folder. It is still there, but is no longer visible. HTH, Richard PS I nearly forgot... if you want to add files to a CD (or CD-rw), make sure that you use the 'multi-session' option in k3b. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Using CD-RW with K3b
Well, yes and no :-) Once you have burnt a file to CD, it cannot be modified or erased. However, you can open the file from the CD, modify it, save it to your hard drive, then start k3b and burn the modified file to the same CD... you end up with 2 copies of the same file on the CD, but only the most recent one appears in the CD directory listing. The old file becomes 'wasted space' on the CD. Le Samedi 6 Mars 2004 04:48, rhein a écrit : Thanks for your answer... If I understand there is no way to use the cd-rw like a floppy disk... I open a file on the cd-rw and change it in my software and then save it back to the cd-rw? Bye Christophe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
