Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:52:33 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: UCTC Sysadmin <support@transpacific.net> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Mark Busby <redtick@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: SOLVED: Re: Problems with "burncd" - cannot mount result on unix or windows Message-ID: <20070323002232.GA75891@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <46030E6A.4000308@transpacific.net> References: <4602D994.3080801@transpacific.net> <20070322214252.GB22055@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <46030E6A.4000308@transpacific.net>
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--qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] Line length unified. On Thursday, 22 March 2007 at 16:16:58 -0700, UCTC Sysadmin wrote: > In looking at the documentation for "cdrecord", the examples showed > a two-step process of making an ISO image then burning it. > > Here's my deal: > > NEVER HAVING BURNED a CD or DVD on FreeBSD before - I go to the > documentation to FIND OUT HOW and there really is no HOW You mention documentation above, but you don't say what you're referring to. > So I look in vain for > > "What you need to do in the kernel if anything to support burning CDs/DVDs" > "What additional support libraries or software would be needed" > "The stepwise process for burning CDs or DVDs" What's wrong with the information in the handbook? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-cds.html > So THE FAQ and/or HOWTO SUCKS, is the problem. I see two problems, both of them different: - You don't say what you read, and what you didn't understand about it. - You didn't submit an update. > If that offends purists, I think what's more likely to offend is a complaint without substantiation. I'm not saying that there are no errors in the documentation--of course there are--but how can we fix them (if they exist) based on your rant? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGAx3IIubykFB6QiMRAp+3AJ9KzlUeFTor01dBE0HO3tUa4y3ZzgCfYOUQ QXFY/N7KmIpEeMUT0Vuldpk= =oNkv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk--
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