RE: CD-RW for random access ?

[Jamin Collins <JaminC adapt-tele com>]

I use DirectCD regularly and there is an option to finalize a packet written
CD so that it can be read in other systems.  As found in the Adaptec Direct
CD help file:

Ejecting a DirectCD Disc to Read on Another Computer
When you eject a CD-R DirectCD disc from the drive and you want to read it
on another computer that has a standard CD-ROM drive, the disc must be
formatted as an ISO 9660 closed session disc. To do this, follow these
steps:
1	Right-click the CD icon on the Windows taskbar.
2	Select Properties from the drop-down list box.
3	Click the DirectCD Wizard tab.
4	Select the Enable standard CD-ROM compatibility Eject option and
click OK.
5	Right-click the CD icon on the Windows taskbar.
6	Select the appropriate option from the drop-down list box:
·	Eject, if the Eject Wizard is turned ON, or
·	Finalize, if the Eject Wizard is turned OFF
7	Select Organize the disc so that it can be read in most standard
CD-ROM drives. . . and click Finish.
Note: To make the disc readable on a standard CD-ROM drive, the disc is
closed as an ISO 9660 format. This format information requires 22 MB of
space on the disc for the first session, and 13 MB for each additional
session. Only CD-R discs can be closed as an ISO 9660 format. CD-RW discs do
not support the ISO format.
When DirectCD finishes closing the disc to an ISO 9660 format, the disc is
ejected from the drive and, if the Display Disc Ejected notification option
is selected in the DirectCD Wizard Options, the Disc Ejected message box
appears.

Jamin W. Collins 
-----Original Message-----
From: Leonard den Ottolander [mailto:leonardjo hetnet nl]
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 11:55 PM
To: redhat-install-list redhat com
Subject: RE: CD-RW for random access ?

                Hello Jamin (and Sen of course),

> The program that you are referring to is DirectCD.  There is an option in
> this program to complete the CD so that it can be read by other systems.
> Once you do this, it should be readable from Linux.

 I think you are confusing EasyCD and DirectCD here. EasyCD allows you to
write ISO images in parts, which you can close afterwards, so normal players
can read them.
 What Sen is refering to is the UDF writer (DirectCD). As Jon mentioned, the
development of this feature is still in (pre)beta state. The problem is that
different manufacturers have different ideas about how one should read and
write UDF. For example, the Adaptec UDF reader does not know what to do with
Philips Packet CD's, and vice versa.
 So, I am sorry, but this is not possible yet :(. You could give the current
code a try, or just wait a little while longer.

                                Ciao,

                                Leonard.


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