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Subject: misc/cdrchive documentation clarification
From: Jacob Meuser <jakemsr@clipper.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 20:08:38 -0700
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Hello ports people :)

A couple of folks had some trouble with the CD-Rchive port that
could have been avoided with better documentation, so here it is:

$OpenBSD$
--- doc/index.html.orig Sun Aug 26 19:12:57 2001
+++ doc/index.html      Sun Aug 26 19:24:36 2001
@@ -63,6 +63,28 @@ remember and had to read every time I wa
 <BR><BR>
 I hope you find it usefull.
 <BR><BR>
+<B>Caveats</B>:-
+<BR>
+You probably need to have a disc in your CD devices for CD-Rchive to properly 
+detect them.
+<BR>
+To write a CD, you need read and write permissions for your CD devices.  
+CD-Rchive for OpenBSD also uses vnconfig(8) and mount(8) for the "View Image"
+function, which could cause further permission problems.  It is probably 
easiest
+to start CD-Rchive with root permissions, eg: sudo cdrchive.
+<BR>
+Don't forget to uncheck the "DUMMY WRITE" checkbox on the "Advanced" page
+when you are ready to burn a disc.
+<BR><BR>
+<B>Enjoy :)</B>
+<BR><BR>
 <A HREF="overview.html">Data CD Overview</A>
 </BODY>
 </HTML>


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