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Date:	Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:47:52 PDT7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: DVD writer recommendation

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Harry Motin wrote:

> Now, I've noticed that Roxio WILL create a CD-R (write only), using the CDFS
> filesystem, if you direct it to do so. And those can be read anywhere on OS/2 or ECS,
> which use CDFS. Roxio will not create a CD-RW in CDFS, however. STRANGE!

> 2. Write the CD in CDFS, only, over in Windows

You lost me here, Harry. How can you write *anything* via CDFS under Windows (unless you
*also* happen to have the Win-32 version of RSJ) ? CDFS is otherwise proprietary to RSJ, no
one else uses it.

> PS:
> As a last step I used RSJ to "erase and format" the CD-RW, that I previously created
> using Roxio and Windows 98. Then I "attached" it, using RSJ. The following things
> occurred:
>
> 1. The "erase and format" only took about 5 seconds
> 2. I can fully and complete read the CD-RW in my CD-RW/CD-R/CD unit,
> if I use the drive letter (T) obtained from Daniela's back door
> 3. I can only partially read the CD-RW, if I use the drive letter (Z) from
> attaching with RSJ
>
> INTERESTING!!

I've had only a total fiasco, the couple times I tried to use RW via RSJ. Came out with a a
cd that said it had many times the cd's storage capacity on it, yet either there was nothing
(readable) on the cd, or it had nothing but CRC errors.

Jordan

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