Re: [Nbd] NBD+CDRW/DVDRW

["Edson Vinicius Schmitt" <evs03@...43...>]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 04:32:27PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 09:17:22AM -0300, Edson Vinicius Schmitt wrote:
> > Hello there,
> > 
> > I was wondering if it is possible to burn cds or dvds via de nbd.
> > The machine owning the device exports it /dev/hdc
> > The machine trying to burn the cd captures it /dev/nbd*
> > And burn it with something like this cdrecord dev=/dev/nbd...
> > 
> > I've tried it but cdrecord doesn't reconize /dev/nbd to be an cdrw device. Am
> > I missing anything here?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> To write stuff to a CDRW drive, you need to perform some ioctl() calls
> on it.
> 
> nbd does not export that; it only supports read() and write().
> 
> In other words, this isn't possible. It /might/ be possible with ENBD,
Is it possible to add the ioctl() funcionality to nbd?? Is it interesting, is
anyone already working on it?? Where should I begin??


> I'm not sure.
> 
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