Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 16:45:17 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user friendly creation of CDs (was: Re: patches for tosha?) Message-ID: <199908212345.QAA42449@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 22 Aug 1999 01:05:15 %2B0200." <19990822010515.A33373@saturn.kn-bremen.de>
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Hi, In my case is a lot easier to customize a simple shell script and use it. Is just that gcombust comes from linux perhaps if I keep using I can get over my hurdle 8) Have Fun Guys! > Heh. I see, you want a program that one could use without > having to know _anything_. Your right thats not what gcombust is, > but its still useful for those of us who know `something'... > > On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 05:02:07PM -0700, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > Yes, I tried gcombust and opted for the command line approach > > > > gcombust looks great ;however, I expect for user firiendly land > > less knobs for instance: > > > > burn iso 9660 cd > > Select files or directories > > type of CD : CD-R , CD-RW > > > > then pull the appropiate information for buffering and > > optimal speed from a database. > > Not sure a database would be enough for that, as these not only > vary for each system (hardware) but also depend on > > . the type of files to be written (big ones or many small ones) > and of course the performance of the disk/controller/fs their on > (and the net if their not local) > . current and near-future system load (for example any cronjobs > coming up that will be hammering the source disk, or network?) > > (is that all?) of course you could reduce the problems by simply > always creating an image file but then you can't write CDs once > your low on free space. > > >... Sometimes being the hacker > > of the house is not an easy task 8) > > :) Still i'd like to know of any solution you come up with... > > Regards, > -- > Juergen Lock <nox.foo@jelal.kn-bremen.de> > (remove dot foo from address to reply) -- Amancio Hasty hasty@rah.star-gate.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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