Re: [Gc-linux-devel] Re: Gc-linux-devel digest, Vol 1 #88 - 1 msg

[Michael S. <st...@in...>]

On Aug 24, 2004, at 1:43 AM, Groepaz wrote:
> i would assume that his driver would pretty much allow to either "cat"
> a complete dvd image or just "cp" the files over to a nfs share.
>
> however, you can already do that with tools that are available for a
> long time now, and no pirate would ever possibly want to go through
> the trouble of setting up gc-linux to do it.

The point is not, what can be done with it NOW, but what can be done 
with it in the future. At the moment, someone would have to set up 
Linux, i.e. have a Linux installation on an NFS server.
But someone could hack together a ramdisk image that contains the 
interface, and uses the Linux kernel and DVD/filesystem drivers. So 
there can be a solution which consists only of a single .DOL, which can 
rip complete images or DVDs on a file-by-file basis onto an:
* NFS
* SMB
* FTP
server, without the need for the creator to implement NFS, SMB or FTP 
clients. The ramdisk image could even include an FTP server, so that 
people can use FTP clients on their computer to rip the CDs.

   Michael