Hey I just came up with this thought. Anybody with a USB CD/DVD-RW drive? I think it would be an interesting test to see if USBASPI.SYS works with cdrtools/cdrkit.
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Blair Campbell <blaird...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> points to the 7zip: http://rugxulo.googlepages.com/xgcdrm24.7z >> >> Would this driver work for recording? on any drive? >> >> Maybe I am just daydreaming :) > > No you're not :-). > First, I compiled the latest version of cdrtools (the current one is > way outdated), which is cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD 2.01.01a58. > Then, I discovered that some linux distributions forked cdrtools > because of licencing issues, so I decided to try their fork > (www.cdrkit.org) and successfully compiled that. > Note that genisoimage (mkisofs-equivalent in cdrkit) for some reason > requires -allow-limited-size to be able to create any isos (this is a > bug). > So to test I loaded xgcdrom.sys, then oakaspi.sys (ASPI over ATAPI > driver; http://www.wolfgang-brinkmann.de/bcdw/aspi.sys) > Then I created a test ISO with genisoimage -J -allow-limited-size -o > test.iso testdir... > Then I executed wodim test.iso. > > At the end of recording wodim spit out an error message about not > closing the session or something, so I pressed Ctrl-C twice and it > ended the wodim execution. I then manually ejected the DVD and > re-insterted it. When I did dir d:\, all of the files in the ISO were > present, and I was able to successfully read the files on the DVD. > > So it works, but there are bugs (most likely in cdrkit). Soon I will > also test the cdrecord I compiled (I already tested mkisofs, which > does not require -allow-limited-size as genisoimage does). Perhaps > cdrecord will not require Ctrl-C to end the execution; who knows. > Note that I do not know whether the drive I tested on is SATA or not. > Perhaps also wodim has options that will cause it to execute > correctly. I'll let someone else more familiar with these utilities > do the testing :-). > > Does anybody have an opinion as to which is better? (cdrkit vs. cdrtools) > Do I have any willing testers for other drives? (you should probably > use CD-RWs or DVD-RWs) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
