Re: [PLUG] cd burning on a samba burner

[Paul <gyoza@comcast.net>]

Art Alexion wrote:

> Paul wrote:
>
> > Art Alexion wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a way to get any Linux CD burning software to recognize and 
> > > use a CD writer that is actually attached to a windows PC on a samba 
> > > network?
> > I don't think that's possible in any case.  Reading is one thing...
>
> Reading, I have been able to accomplish [as with reading and writing 
> to a zip drive]...

Yeah, Zips drivers and hard drives are not a problem over a network.  A 
CD burner is more like using an image scanner over a network.

> James Kelly wrote:
>
> > I am sure it is possible, but afaik conventional wisdom says network
> > burns are just asking for trouble.
>
> So far no problem writing data that  resides on a Linux ext3 volume to 
> a burner on a win32 machine over samba/Ethernet using the win32 
> software.  Just wanted to try the Linux software out before getting a 
> burner for the Linux machine.
I've burned CDs over a 10Mbit network in an office without a problem.  
However, running a remote CD burner with local software, I'd like to see 
that.

Maybe you could use Cygwin or Knoppix to run Linux on the machine with 
the CD burner in it. http://cygwin.com/  http://www.knoppix.org/
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