[X4U] Can this be done? Multiple DATA CDs > DVD?

[Mark Des Cotes]

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Mark Des Cotes
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On 9-Mar-07, at 11:56 AM, Chris Long wrote:

> I found these instructions, but I haven't tested them, as I can't  
> download cdrtools here at work.
>
> cdrtools.tar.gz can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ 
> cdrecord/
>
> then:
>
> tar fxz cdrtools.tar.gz
> cd cdrtools-2.01
> make
>
> The instructions for the multi-session DVD are here:
> http://math.nyu.edu/aml/CDwrite.html
>
> I am going to try this out over the weekend.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Mar 8, 2007, at 2:26 PM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We have an image collection on 48 CDs that we purchased many years  
>> ago (Image Explosion 750,000 to be precise) Some of the CDs are  
>> getting pretty worn with scratches. I could just duplicate them to  
>> new CDs but I was wondering if there was any way I could burn  
>> multiple CDs to a DVD so that when I insert the DVD 7 or 8 CDs  
>> would show up on the desktop? I know I could make disk images and  
>> burn a bunch of them onto each DVD but I was hoping to make it  
>> kind of like a sessions disk. One where you place on disk, in this  
>> case a DVD, into the drive and multiple disks would show up on the  
>> desktop. I'd like to do it this way since the application that  
>> comes with the image collection references the various CDs. I hope  
>> I haven't make my explanation too confusing.
>>
>
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