Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 23:20:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Gary Algier <gaa@dgms.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tools to make CDROMs? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410231910.28437T-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <352D4A6A.300D5F5A@dgms.com>
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On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Gary Algier wrote: > I have searched the archives, but I can't seem to find much information > about making CDROMs on FreeBSD. The only things I can find are a few > references to release 2.1.5 and 2.2 and 3 CD-R drives supported at > that time. Things may have changed since then. Also, I heard that > there are tools available originaly for Linux that have been ported > to FreeBSD, but a search of neither the FreeBSD archives nor the Linux > archives turned up anything here. So, a few questions: > > What tools are used? The hot tool is called `cdrecord' which talks to SCSI devices directly. This allows for support of many more devices. It's in the ports tree, check it out ofr the complete list. > What FSs are supported (Rockridge,Joliet,HFS)? You have to run `mkisofs' and that only supports ISO9660 w/ RockRidge extensions. I seem to remember Joilet making it in there, but certainly not Macintosh filesystems. > What hardware should I have to support this (CPU speed, etc.)? Only SCSI writers are supported for now. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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