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    mkdisc is the program used at Silicon Graphics to write CDs using the
    Sony CDW-E1 encoding unit.  mkdisc copies its input onto a write once
    disc, using a single track.  mkdisc does not do any file system
    formatting; that is handled by upstream filters.  mkdisc does not
    handle multi-session discs.
    
    Understanding how mkdisc works would be greatly facilitated by access
    to the SCSI interface specification for the Sony CDW-E1 encoding unit,
    which is available from Sony.
    
    mkdisc has two modes of operation:
    
    1.  mkdisc [ -v ] [ -r <retries> ] -d <device> -f <file>
    
        copies the contents of <file> to the Sony CDW-E1 encoding unit
        corresponding to <device>, which should be the /dev/scsi device of
        the unit.
    
    2.  mkdisc [ -v ] [ -r <retries> ] -d <device> -s <size>
    
        copies <size> bytes from its standard input to <device>.
    
    Specifying the -v flag causes mkdisc to operate in verbose mode, and a
    retry count for the number of retries in the event of failure can be
    specified via the -r flag.  The default number of retries is 10.
    
    If mkdisc cannot read its input as fast as the Sony CDW-E1 consumes
    data, which is about 150 kilobytes/second, mkdisc will fail and the
    media will be ruined.  This should almost never happen when mastering
    a local file, but can happen when reading input from the network (e.g.
    via nfs) under heavy loads.
    
    Silicon Graphics makes no claim as to the functionality of this
    software.  Its purpose is to demonstrate to developers how to use the
    /dev/scsi interface and one way in which a CD-ROM can be written using
    a specific device.

Source

• main.c
• mkdisc.c
• mkdisc.h

Documentation

• COPYRIGHT
• README
• index.html

Reference

• Makefile