From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Gp2vj-0003sy-EU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:23:23 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kASDJd19017901; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:19:39 GMT Received: from um1.unlimitedmail.net (139.Red-80-26-111.staticIP.rima-tde.net [80.26.111.139]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kASDG3PN013874 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:16:03 GMT Received: from ppp.zz ([137.204.208.98]) (authenticated bits=0) by um1.unlimitedmail.net (8.13.7/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kASDFwK6009640 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:16:00 +0100 From: Etaoin Shrdlu To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Using a remote DVD writer Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:43:10 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <200611281051.01267.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200611281051.01267.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200611281443.11355.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> X-UnlimitedMail-MailScanner-From: shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org X-Archives-Salt: 27ac90ce-2f38-4f62-979a-6672f575e4ae X-Archives-Hash: bb72aadfeb6133c29741b4c0e0fb7406 On Tuesday 28 November 2006 11:50, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > My laptop does not have a DVD writer, only a DVD/CD player. On the > other hand, my desktop has the works. Other than booting the desktop > in Gentoo and burning DVDs directly, is there a way to use it remotely > from my laptop? Can I define in K3B my desktop's DVD drive(s)? How > can I set this up for a LAN connection? > > While at it, is there a way to achieve this at all when the desktop is > not running Gentoo, but WinXP? > > PS. I do not currently have SAMBA configured on either box. You might try webcdwriter, it's in portage. It lets you write CDs and DVDs remotely using a web interface to control the process. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list