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Adrian

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RSJ CDwriter question.
« on: December 18, 2025, 10:53:50 am »
Hi,

Finally I get RSJ CDwriter working.
Less is more is not spend on ArcaOS, I've got a 64Gb partition and RSJ 6.03 won't work.
After increasing the partition to 8Gb it works!

Now I have a perhaps simple question; How can I burn an *.iso to a CD/DVD?
I just forgot it and I can't find it in the manual.

Grts,
Adrian

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Re: RSJ CDwriter question.
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2025, 11:14:00 am »
Drop it on CD-View (?)

For writing isos or tracks (CD-Audio) you do not attach the CD with the CD-Writer (?) object but use the CD-View object. Not sure about the correct names cause it's so long ago. But you have it in your RSJ - object which is usually placed on your desktop during installation.
« Last Edit: December 18, 2025, 11:16:39 am by Andi B. »

Roderick Klein

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Re: RSJ CDwriter question.
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2025, 01:52:51 pm »
Hi,

Finally I get RSJ CDwriter working.
Less is more is not spend on ArcaOS, I've got a 64Gb partition and RSJ 6.03 won't work.
After increasing the partition to 8Gb it works!

Now I have a perhaps simple question; How can I burn an *.iso to a CD/DVD?
I just forgot it and I can't find it in the manual.

Grts,
Adrian

I would really be interested if its true that RSJ does not work on a partition bigger then 64 GB. Its possible but highly doubt your observation is correct. As I think you can also make files bigger with it then 2GB (burn ISO files) with RSJ.
At Mensys we used RSJ extensively on large partitions to burn ISO files.

Was this on a HPFS or JFS partition that this happened ? And it failed what error message did you get ?

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Roderick Klein

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Re: RSJ CDwriter question.
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2025, 03:14:01 pm »
Hi

Been a while since I last used RSJ and do not currently have RSJ installed but to burn an ISO file to CD use the Copy(Burn?) CD object with destination set as CD/DVD writer and source as the ISO file.


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Pete
« Last Edit: December 18, 2025, 04:07:20 pm by Pete »

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Re: RSJ CDwriter question.
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2025, 03:28:30 pm »
You can make DVD > 2 GB

The following statements extracted from one of my old DVD burning programs.

'@cdattach' DVDletter
'@cdwfmt' DVDletter '/erase'
'@cdcopy' tmpCDroot || '\*.*' DVDletter'\ /s > nul'
'@cdattach' DVDletter '-s'
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Re: RSJ CDwriter question.
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2025, 04:38:27 pm »
Hi,

Finally I get RSJ CDwriter working.
Less is more is not spend on ArcaOS, I've got a 64Gb partition and RSJ 6.03 won't work.
After increasing the partition to 8Gb it works!

Now I have a perhaps simple question; How can I burn an *.iso to a CD/DVD?
I just forgot it and I can't find it in the manual.

Grts,
Adrian

I would really be interested if its true that RSJ does not work on a partition bigger then 64 GB. Its possible but highly doubt your observation is correct. As I think you can also make files bigger with it then 2GB (burn ISO files) with RSJ.
At Mensys we used RSJ extensively on large partitions to burn ISO files.

Was this on a HPFS or JFS partition that this happened ? And it failed what error message did you get ?

Best regards,

Roderick Klein

Hi Roderick,

The main disk in the system is a 64Gb SSD.
First, I had ArcaOS 5.1.1 installed on a 64Gb partition formatted as JFS.
RSJ CD writer 6.03 installs, makes the necessary lines in Config.Sys.
After the reboot I inserted a CD-r in the CD burner/player.
RSJ refuses to attach the CD.
It even didn't find an CD  burner.
The same happens when I use the built-in tools shipped with ArcaOS for burning CD's DVD's.
The built-in tools couldn't even the CD burner.
The same with an external CD/DVD burner connected via USB.
So, I give up.
Who is even using CD's in this modern times?
After a question in this forum regarding the "ideal" partition size for an ArcaOS installation, I decided to start from scratch again.
Make a 8Gb partition for the main  ArcaOS system, formatted as JFS.
Trying install RSJ CD writer and in my surprise it finds a CD burner.
Even the built-in tools now are working correct and I could burn an image to a CD.

Is this enough information for you, if not please let me know.

Grts,
Adrian