Re: [newbie] Using CD-RW with K3b

2004-03-06 Thread richard barran
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

[newbie] Using CD-RW with K3b

2004-03-05 Thread rhein
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:

Re: [newbie] Using CD-RW with K3b

2004-03-05 Thread richard barran
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

Re: [newbie] Using CD-RW with K3b

2004-03-05 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Friday 05 March 2004 03:13 pm, richard barran wrote: 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. One thing to keep in mind with multi-session CD's is that some older CD-ROM drives can not properly read them.

Re: [newbie] Using CD-RW with K3b

2004-03-05 Thread richard barran
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

Re: [newbie] Using CD-RW with K3b

2004-03-05 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Friday 05 March 2004 04:44 pm, richard barran wrote: 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