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In <5s69ps$oi2@hyperion.triode.net.au> telford@triode.net.au () writes:

>Question is, what does a Linux person need to be able to write CD ROMs?
>I don't need drag and drop but I do need to at least be able to create
>an ISO 9660 file system and I would guess that I also need a device
>driver that handle all of the special SCSI commands that are going to
>go to the writer. The resulting CD has to be able to mount up to read
>purposes on a normal CD ROM drive in Linux and in MS-DOS/Windows.
>(so I don't really want to write an ext2 file system to the CD and get
>a linux only disc, fun though this may be).

>Anyone have any pointers?

Much knowledge can be gained from:
   ftp://sunsite.anu.edu.au/pub/linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/CD-Writing
Its very good.

I just set up my CDwriter on the weekend with
little trouble thanks to that how-to.  Boy am I happy to 
be able to use it under Linux! No more tying up the computer 
with the burner; I was running netscape and playing xgalaga 
on my P120 and it didn't affect the burning process at all. 
Audio and data CDs work fine.

Long filenames are written using Rock-ridge extensions.
They can be read under MS/Windows but will have funny numbers
in their names and be chopped to 8:3 format.  The mkisofs
linux utility you will use warns you for each long filename.

(Yes an ext2 CD will be cool for when I move overseas; I can have
a Linux CD all ready to slurp onto a new system!)

If you have trouble, I still have all the .tar.gz files I needed
archived at home. Let me know.

Cheers,
Steve.
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Software Verification Research Centre,   Email: atkis@it.uq.edu.au
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