[Gllug] Re: Will external CD/DVD-writers work with Knoppix?

Garry Heaton garry at heaton6.freeserve.co.uk
Thu Dec 19 16:40:32 UTC 2002


Message: 11 Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:46:01 +0000 To: gllug at linux.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Re: Will external CD/DVD-writers work with Knoppix?
From: Adam Bower <abower at thebowery.co.uk> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk On
Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 10:21:14PM +0000, Garry Heaton wrote:

>
> After a bit of research I realise the external DVD-writer is a
> non-starter so the question is now limited to external CD-writers.

>> I am presuming from what you have said you will be using this for you
>> mean USB CD/DVD drives?
>> Adam

Yes, I've just ordered a Plextor 48x40x24x external CD-RW so will only
be doing CD-R backups/recovery. One problem still remains. If I have to
rescue a failing NTFS system and the HD has no empty space I won't have
any space to create an ISO with 'mkisofs' before burning with 'cdrecord'.

Garry




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