[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: Fry's

[Joel Sinor]

Start with the cd-writing howto

http://wt.xpilot.org/publications/linux/howtos/cd-writing/html/

the cdrecord info (now cdrtools)

http://freshmeat.net/projects/cdrecord/?topic_id=257%2C19%2C845%2C118%2C139

and their website

http://www.fokus.fhg.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html

Also you will probably decide you want some GUI.  I finally broke down
and tried burning, and I ended up using xcdroast
http://www.xcdroast.org/

There is a gnome thingie called gtoaster or something.  I have not tried
it.  The way burning seems to happen in Linux afaict is very different
from Windows in that there are many components to it and each level can
have many choices (sound familiar?) but the ones I named are afaik the
most common and should be on your redhat/mandrake box.  However the
advice seems to be if you have a newer cdr you want new software.  In
this respect Linux is no different from windows, except that the
software seems to work much better on Linux.

Also remember that the cdrtools were made to work with scsi cdroms, so
you have to have scsi emulation emulated in your kernel and turned on
for the specific drive at boot time (with hd?=scsi from the prompt or
on your append line in lilo.conf) if you have ide burners.  The part
that threw me was that you have also to do this for a regular cdrom
drive if you want the software to do direct copies.  You can, of course,
copy the cd to your hard drive (or even make an iso image of it)

http://linux.bryanconsulting.com/stories/storyReader$170

my current problem is I have not yet puzzled out what device to use for
the mount command when this redirection has occurred, so for now only my
cdr is being emulated.  I also have not found the proper instructions
for using the loopback filesystem to mount an iso image so it can be
modified on the fly, but this is something else you can do on Linux (and
actually something similar can be done on MacOS using included
tools, diskcopy IIRC) and not in Windows, and definitely something I
will be working on.

As for my tale of PNY, well out of a stack of 50-100 every one I tried
was a coaster, but in the same burner with the same software memorex
made no toasters.  I recently bought Fuji at Frys for $15 for 50 with an
$8 rebate, and they are perfect.  They are also on sale for $29 for 100
as are the memorex, but the rebate was a surprise so I don't know if
there was one on that size.

 On Thu, 01 May 2003 11:02:26 -0500
Paul Drew <solarcurve at msn.com> wrote:

> I have been using GQ for years now with no problems burning or reading
> from them. :)
> 
> Speaking of Burning CD's can anyone point me in the direction of
> burning CD's in Linux? (RedHat,Mandrake,etc)
> 
> In another note, I have heard you guys talking about a distro called 
> "Shorewall". I have a little old p166 with 64mb ram which I was
> looking to make a firewall or something with. I was just looking to
> tinker really with something text based, and a way to get more
> experience under my belt. I hate to toss out a perfectly fine little
> machine I have had with me forever. :)
> 
> Thanks, and I am sorry for being off topic, I just started thinking,
> and writing.
> 
> Paul Drew
> 
> 
> >From: Tom Woody <woody at nfri.com>
> >Reply-To: NTLUG Discussion List <discuss at ntlug.org>
> >To: NTLUG Discussion List <discuss at ntlug.org>
> >Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] OT: Fry's
> >Date: 01 May 2003 09:06:49 -0500
> >
> >On Thu, 2003-05-01 at 01:10, Joel Sinor wrote:
> > > My advice in general is never buy the cheapest component unless it
> > > is a name-brand and you know for sure what it is.  CDRs and memory
> > > are the worst for this, and no matter where you buy them if you
> > > buy cheap you will end up returning them.  I stick with name brand
> > > memory and CDRs, especially since the only times I have ever
> > > broken this rule (recently buying cheap RAM and another time
> > > daring to buy PNY CDRs) nothing worked period.
> ><snip>
> >
> >Well I definitely agree with you on the RAM, only once have I gotten
> >away will the Fry's bin special cheapo crap RAM.  But as far as
> >CD-R's go.  I always by the cheapest that I can get and never have
> >any problems.  The Fry's GQ spindles are great, especially when you
> >get them on a Friday special.  Now I will NEVER buy the cheap DVD/CD
> >drives or burners - every time my friends buy those things - they
> >work for about a week, start making noise, and then might read a CD
> >if you talk nice to it!
> >
> >Fry's is a perfect place if you know what you want, know what not to
> >buy- definitely not the place for Grandma and Grandpa to shop for
> >computer gear.
> >
> >--
> >Tom Woody
> >
> >In a world without boundaries why
> >do we need Gates and Windows?
> >
> >
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