From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 23 22:05:59 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B94F16A402 for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:05:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19A0613C484 for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:05:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l2NM58gJ027054; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:05:08 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l2NM58U0027053; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:05:08 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:05:08 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Transpacific Message-ID: <20070323220508.GB26739@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <4602D994.3080801@transpacific.net> <20070322214252.GB22055@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <46030E6A.4000308@transpacific.net> <20070323190049.GA26199@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20070323190858.GB26199@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <46044270.9000609@transpacific.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46044270.9000609@transpacific.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SOLVED: Re: Problems with "burncd" - cannot mount result on unix or windows X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:05:59 -0000 On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 02:11:12PM -0700, Transpacific wrote: > I ought to know better than to say "SUCKS" in any case. > > I tried to make the point that, other things being equal > <... lots excised> > trivial thing to be able to do, so I knew it > was only a matter of seeing commands to do it and I'd take it from > there. In fact, I didn't go back and read the > documentation to find out what was wrong; I just took a look at the > "cdrecord" command doc and the mkisofs > example to create the source was there, and I said, oh, ran it for > burncd, voila. So the "missing FAQ" would > be sort of an intermediate or slight level of detail, perhaps more like > a tear-out reference card summary of the > actions to take (and any underlying kernel/library/package requirements.) One thing I can agree with when it comes to documentation is that an well crafted example or set of examples can be more meaningful than many paragraphs and even pages of explanation or specification. The specification is necessary, but the examples make it much more clear. More of the documentation - handbook and man pages and FAQs should make better use of examples. Some do, but many don't. The more the better. As for the specific topic of mkisofs and CD burning, the handbook has some basic examples, but might benefit from some more covering possible variations. ////jerry > > My apologies to Father Greg. >