Is there an Idiot's guide to using CD's on WB?

[djos]

Im in the Process of adding CD capabilities to my a500+ and was wondering if there is an Idiot's guide to using CD's on WB?

eg what CD Standards to burn discs to so they can be read by amiga's etc?

[Rob]

No special format is required.  What CD software have you got installed.  You'll need a cd filesystem in L: and a mountlist in DEVS:dosdrivers.

If you need CD software try AmiCDFS unless anyone's got a better suggestion.

http://aminet.net/package/disk/cdrom/amicdfs240

[djos]

I've been building HW and only just started considering the software side of the equation, thanks for the info.

[redfox]

@djos

I used AsimCDFS Version 3.0 for many years on my A2000HD.

The software was a commercial package from Asimware Innovations Inc.
It came with a very good manual.

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redfox

[Cammy]

I also use AmiCDFS on several Amiga computers at the moment and highly recommend it. It's completely free and works fine with DVD drives.

[djos]

Thanks gents.

[Tenacious]

@djos

I used AsimCDFS Version 3.0 for many years on my A2000HD.

The software was a commercial package from Asimware Innovations Inc.
It came with a very good manual.

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redfox

I use also Asim now because, if I remember correctly, it handles long file names better.  Camy, how do you read CDs made on newer OSes?

I think AsimCDFS is free now.

[k4lmp]

I also use AsimCDFS, and it works well.  I have never tried AmiCDFS, so I am not sure about it, but I know a lot of people use it.

[mechy]

I use also Asim now because, if I remember correctly, it handles long file names better.  Camy, how do you read CDs made on newer OSes?

I think AsimCDFS is free now.

Sorry to hijack,but it does not matter what os the cd is written on,amiga has no problem reading any cd.
I use cachecdfs under os3.9 but have asim(which is at ver3.9 i think) on older machines. Cachecdfs works great for me.

os3.0 and 3.1 came with a cd filesystem. It works with scsi drives mainly(may work on idefix with ide drives). all that you must do is drop CD0: from storage: into devs:dosdrivers and then edit it for device name and Unit # and save it. double click on it to activate or reboot and its up and running. Its a bit primitive but works.

Asimcdfs also worked well on machines with ide cdroms as slaves since it patches the ide much like idefix(you dont need idefix with asim).

I also use amicdfs on many of my Amiga's,it is free and works well but i don't think it supports joliet.

there was also allegro cdfs with UDF(dvd) support but is reported buggy.

Some CD/DVD burning tools:

Burnit (cd's)
MakeCD 3.2D (released to be free) (cd's)
Master ISO (CD's)
frying pan (CD/DVD's)
franko's tools.. (dvd's)

Mech