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["Anthony J. Albert" <albert AT polaris.umpi.maine.edu>]

On 2 Feb 2004 at 21:13, russ loroville wrote:
>>
>> A. Proprietary formats for doing so - Adaptec/Roxio has good software
>> for this, Nero is supposed to be good, as well. When using a
>> proprietary driver, you can treat the CD-R pretty much like any other
>> removable media, except that you every time to re-write a file with an
>> existing name, it writes out the old version as having been deleted.
>> This also requires installation of the Adaptec/Roxio drivers on each
>> computer you're going to read the CD on - can't be read on a standard
>> computer, without the drivers.
>
>THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY TRUE. FOR CD-RW'S YOU NEED A CDBURNER/SOFTWARE TO
>READ BUT FOR A MULTISESSION DATA CD-R, ALL OF MY COMPUTERS (2
>P133'S,1-486dx-no burners or software to burn,) CAN READ MULTISESSION
>CD-R'S IN WINDOWS OR LINUX.THEY ARE MOUNTABLE IN LINUX(LINUX COMPLAINS BUT
>EVENTUALLY READS THE DISKS). CD PLAYERS CAN'T READ MULTISESSION MP3'S.
>I'VE NEVER TRIED BOOTABALE CD'S. THERE MAY BE A CONFLICT IN THE SPEED THE
>CD IS WRITTEN TO. I USE A 12X CD-R BURNER AND AM ABLE TO READ IT ON A 2X
>CDROM ON A COMPUTER, HOWEVER I CAN WRITE A 2X CD-R THAT MOST CDROMS CAN 
>READ. IF
>YOU USE A 52X CD WRITER YOU MAY HAVE PROBLEMS READING THEM ON OLD SYSTEM
>CDROM. YOU WILL SEE THIS ON SOFTWARE PACKAGES WHEN THEY SAY:" YOU NEED AT
>LEAST A 12X CDROM PLAYER OR HIGHER" TO READ A CD.

What you describe would be my case "B", a true "multisession" recording 
on CD, according to Orange Book standards.

Anthony Albert

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