Re: [gentoo-user] Using a remote DVD writer

["jak gentoo" <jak.gentoo@googlemail.com>]

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On 11/29/06, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 28 November 2006 23:10, Daniel Iliev wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > I think these two command chains should work:
> >
> > "mkisofs -opt1 -opt2 -optN /files/for/burning | \
> > ssh desktop cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc -driveropts=burnfree -" <---for CDs
> >
> > "mkisofs -opt1 -opt2 -optN /files/for/burning | \
> > ssh desktop  growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=/dev/fd/0" <---for DVDs
> >
> > If you decide to try the above commands, please, do it with *RW media*
> > first, because I haven't tested them.
>
> Thanks for all suggestions.  Daniel's idea seems to be closer to what I
> was
> looking for (I do not have Java installed on either box, although I could
> run
> Knoppix on  the CD writer machine).  Only I have no idea what the options
> should be to copy a DVD - I guess an iso image of the original?  I'll need
> to
> go through that man page a few times, unless you can suggest an
> appropriate
> string of options.
>
> PS.  When I used the k3b gui with default settings to copy a WinXP
> directory
> to a DVD it capitalised all filenames and substituted most characters
> like "&", spaces, etc with "_".  I assume that this is because it applied
> Jolliet standard.  How should I set it in K3B to get all the
> file name characters copied over intact?  How would I do this in mkisofs,
> too?
> --
> Regards,
> Mick
>
>
> on mkisofs I think you have to use -r for Rock  Ridge then you should get
the "real" filenames

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