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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

Thanks for a very useful link. I found cdrtools as well as two other CD 
burner programs there (CD Recording Utilities and DOSCDROAST), something 
called LFNtools that lets you read/write to Linux partitions from DOS (? 
if I understood correctly), lsppp (new small packet driver which is used 
by the latest Arachne), Ldzip which makes zip files with long file names 
(does it also unzip them properly?), Xpdf 2.03, Vmode for changing screen 
resolution, various MP3 players, etc. (in the new release page).  

The CD-RW drive is in the computer on which we are just now installing 
Linux but first we need to get X working with SiS that has no accelerated 
driver only SVGA.  If it only does 256 colors we will try to disable 
onboard video and put in something else.  It will be useful to get the 
writer working in DOS before attempting to use the same program in linux, 
where you need to run scripts and pretend it is a SCSI drive.  


> On 24 Dec 03 at 18:24, keesan AT iamjlamb.com wrote:
> 
> >Are there DOS CD-burner programs?
> 
> Yes, have a look at this site:
> 
> http://www.opus.co.tt/dave/index.htm
> 
> The up-to-date Linux CD burner 'cdtools' has been ported to DOS.
> Big advantage: You have to read the documentation only once.
> Installation under DOS seems to be much easier than under Linux
> (read BL FAQ!).
> 
> >> BTW, is it feasible at all to consider CD-burning on a 486DX4/100Mgz w/
> >> 16Mb RAM and 36Mb swap at all? That's the spec of my BL box, and a lot of
> >> people have been swearing to me I shouldn't even think of it. Funny,
> >> because I actually came across a LG IDE CD-burner which actually 
> >> specified
> >> "Slackware kernel 2.2.x" as one of its OS requirements. But, since it 
> >> also
> >> claimed to need 200Mb RAM, the shopkeeper just looked back at me and told
> >> me to forget it.
> >
> >>
> >> Any ideas? Is anyone out there burning CDs on a 486?
> 
> You will mainly need a huge hard disk with at least 800 Mb free.
> 
> Christof Lange
> 
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