Can Wine access DVD-RW devices natively on Mac OS X like it can on Linux? I was using Wine in Linux to run ImgBurn and it worked great, but I recently switched to Snow Leopard and I don't know how to configure this. I tried adding the Volume that was mounted by Finder. I tried adding /dev/disk2. Neither worked. I really like ImgBurn and do not want to abandon it if possible. Thanks.
On 4/3/10 11:07 AM, jdratlif wrote:> Can Wine access DVD-RW devices natively on Mac OS X like it can on Linux?Not yet, but I'm working on it. Chip
Raw (scsi) device access like on Linux is not possible on OSX at this point. This breaks cd burning programs and prevents some copy protections from working. There have been topics about this on the wine-devel list (there was a discussion last week).
What about read-only access? Does it only work if they access it like a hard drive, not like a cd-rom? ImgBurn for example doesn't seem to acknowledge that I have a DVD in the drive. Yet I can browse to it in "Browse Folder". It doesn't seem any "native-like" cd access is possible. Is this correct? Thanks
James McKenzie wrote:> > jdratlif wrote: > > It doesn't seem any "native-like" cd access is possible. Is this correct? > > > > > Correct. Wine does not support, yet, raw device access which is what > ImgBurn needs. BTW, is there some reason that you cannot use the Disk > Utilities to create your disks? One nice feature is that your burnt > disks will be readable by both Windows and UNIX systems (to include > Linux systems.)When I switched to Linux, I tried their image burning programs. k3b and Brasero in particular. Brasero didn't work at all, and k3b had faulty verification. I lost a lot of data I thought was "backed up" because it said the disc burned correctly. I have never had these issues on ImgBurn, so I turned to Wine to use it in Linux. I really hadn't thought about changing this behavior after switching to Mac. I have not yet used Disk Utility. I am wary about other programs after my Linux experience. I think I will try it though. Thanks for the help.
James McKenzie wrote:> You really should try using Time Machine through a DVD. The program does a verification of data and you can restore your system to a particular point in time, if needed. I use an external hard drive for > this purpose. Until my employer basically made it illegal to have the drive on premises, it used to be there.I don't know if this is an appropriate solution for me. I have several machines all running different systems. Windows XP, Windows 7, Linux, and now Snow Leopard. I need to be able to restore data to any system, not just OS X. I've just been burning a half-dozen DVD-RWs every 3 months or so.
Martin Gregorie wrote:> Are you certain that wasn't a dodgy disk? None of the disk burning programs that I've used verify after writing, so its just not sensible to delete the material off hard disk until you've tested that at least some of the files contain what they should and are readable.If the disc was dodgy, verification should fail, not succeed. Those same DVD-RWs that burned AND verified under k3b failed to verify with ImgBurn. It's just not sensible to assume that a spot check will provide you with an accurate gauge of success. The discs that failed are better than 99% identical to the ISO. A spot check would've been completely useless. Martin Gregorie wrote:> Similarly, IMO its false economy to use el cheapo blank disks. I tend to buy TDK as a matter of course.I buy Verbatim, but even the best media can be bad from time to time. Martin Gregorie wrote:> Finally, IME its foolish to trust a home-burnt CD as the only copy of anything you what to keep more than a year or two.I didn't lose my original copy of the Gutenberg Bible. I lost a little data. It's annoying, not a nuclear meltdown. Martin Gregorie wrote:> But, back to disk burning software: Brasero works for me if I'm burning an ISO image or making an audio CD. Otherwise I use the Gnome CD/DVD creator.Glad it works for you. ImgBurn works for me while verifying discs accurately.