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[Rob <robo13@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Bastiaan T.Edelman wrote:
> > > > Puppy Linux saves config, mail and other files, to regular
> > > > CDs and DVDs, using multisession. You can delete files too,
> > > > but they are still somewhere on the CD. When the CD gets
> > > > full, it has a feature to burn the present system onto another
> > > > CD. Can DOS CD software do multisession CDs? If so it might
> > > > be possible. You do need to boot from a burner of course.
> > > > Rob:
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> > > That's the question. A few months ago, I tried to rewrite my scripts
> > > for burning CDs for use with cdrtools, that has been ported to DOS.
> > > I could produce readable DAO CDs, but did not succeed to burn
> > > multisession TAO CDs, which could be read in Linux: when
> > > trying to mount them in Linux, I got only an error message.
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> > > Christof Lange
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> > I had problems writing multisession TAO CDs, using Nero on
> > win2k, at one time. Only the first track could ever be read.
> > Since then I've had the habit of only using DAO, except for
> > audio CDs. I should check that out in Linux sometime.
> > Rob:
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> Please be some more specific... what is meant by TAO or DAO?
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TAO stands for Track At Once. The burner's laser burns a track then stops.
DAO stands for Disk at Once. The whole disk, all tracks,  are  burned 
without
the laser ever stopping. If you want to burn a 'mix' CD of music, 
straight  from
the  CDs, 'music from different CDs', you have to burn each track at 
once, then
change CD. If all your music is on the harddrive, you can burn DAO, all 
of the
tracks inline without ever stopping the laser. If I'm not mistaken most 
older
burner software only does TAO, but alot of audio only CD players can 
only play
the first track. DAO is definitely the better way to do it. This also 
goes for 'data'
CDs. Burning all tracks that are inline on a CD, or duplicating a CD can be
done  DAO. To burn TAO you don't 'finalize' or 'fixate' the CD until all 
tracks
are burned to the CD. DVDs don't burn TAO very well either.
I really hope I made that clear for you. Prolly not. Basically the laser 
starts and
stops in TAO, burns a whole disk without stopping in DAO.

Rob
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