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From: jak gentoo <jak.gentoo@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Using a remote DVD writer
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:22:07
Message-Id: a23345650612010916y45f6b2aal8f33603e7fe6adb7@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Using a remote DVD writer by Mick
1 On 11/29/06, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Tuesday 28 November 2006 23:10, Daniel Iliev wrote:
4 > > Mick wrote:
5 > > > Hi All,
6 > > >
7 > > > My laptop does not have a DVD writer, only a DVD/CD player. On the
8 > other
9 > > > hand, my desktop has the works. Other than booting the desktop in
10 > Gentoo
11 > > > and burning DVDs directly, is there a way to use it remotely from my
12 > > > laptop? Can I define in K3B my desktop's DVD drive(s)? How can I set
13 > > > this up for a LAN connection?
14 > > >
15 > > > While at it, is there a way to achieve this at all when the desktop is
16 > > > not running Gentoo, but WinXP?
17 > > >
18 > > > PS. I do not currently have SAMBA configured on either box.
19 > >
20 > > I think these two command chains should work:
21 > >
22 > > "mkisofs -opt1 -opt2 -optN /files/for/burning | \
23 > > ssh desktop cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc -driveropts=burnfree -" <---for CDs
24 > >
25 > > "mkisofs -opt1 -opt2 -optN /files/for/burning | \
26 > > ssh desktop growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=/dev/fd/0" <---for DVDs
27 > >
28 > > If you decide to try the above commands, please, do it with *RW media*
29 > > first, because I haven't tested them.
30 >
31 > Thanks for all suggestions. Daniel's idea seems to be closer to what I
32 > was
33 > looking for (I do not have Java installed on either box, although I could
34 > run
35 > Knoppix on the CD writer machine). Only I have no idea what the options
36 > should be to copy a DVD - I guess an iso image of the original? I'll need
37 > to
38 > go through that man page a few times, unless you can suggest an
39 > appropriate
40 > string of options.
41 >
42 > PS. When I used the k3b gui with default settings to copy a WinXP
43 > directory
44 > to a DVD it capitalised all filenames and substituted most characters
45 > like "&", spaces, etc with "_". I assume that this is because it applied
46 > Jolliet standard. How should I set it in K3B to get all the
47 > file name characters copied over intact? How would I do this in mkisofs,
48 > too?
49 > --
50 > Regards,
51 > Mick
52 >
53 >
54 > on mkisofs I think you have to use -r for Rock Ridge then you should get
55 the "real" filenames