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I keep on hearing about this "burn-proof" technology...what is it? Does it allow my burner to do things that it couldn't do w/o it?
Also, in burning cd's in Linux, am I limited in what type of things I can burn (data, mp3s, etc.) or can I make a perfect copy? Also, will this depend on what type of burner I have?
Thank you all for helping me.
Burn proof is a technology that will allow a cdrw drive to remember its position just in case the data flow is interrupted, so that it can continue writing to the cd once data flow resumes. This eliminates buffer underruns. Previously, if the data flow was interrupted, the laser would not know where it was and thus could not resume its position, resulting in a wasted cd. burn proof prevents that. Both the drive and the cd burning software must support this technology.
You are not limited to the type of data you can write under GNU/Linux. It is just like any other OS. Read the CD-Writing HOWTO at www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html (http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html) for more info.
r0nster
07-22-2001, 09:51 PM
Burn-Proof is designed to prevent buffer-underruns (drink coasters) while making cd-r's.
As far as I can tell, most modern cd authoring programs (even cdrecord) support Burn Proof. The manual page of cdrecord speaks of it. Read man cdrecord (ver 1.9) and search for burnproof.
Linux however tends to multitask better than some OS's making Burn-Proof kinda moot. As others have said in threads like this, you can burn cd's while surfing the web, playing mp3's,(all at the same time) or whatnot without the benefit of Burn-proof.
For things to burn while in Linux, you can do all what you mentioned, as well as duplicating .iso's.
The vast majority of cd-rw's on the market are supported, with the Plextors being the most popular (and the most expensive in some cases).
I have an ACER 8x4x32 and it does a good job. I only created one coaster when I stupidly typed "startx" while I was burning an audio CD at the command prompt. :mad:
starting X is a disk intensive process ;)