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

[Jesse K. <j.k...@ti...>]

On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 14:12, Michael Steil wrote:
> 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.
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> The point is not, what can be done with it NOW, but what can be done=20
> with it in the future. At the moment, someone would have to set up=20
> Linux, i.e. have a Linux installation on an NFS server.
> But someone could hack together a ramdisk image that contains the=20
> interface, and uses the Linux kernel and DVD/filesystem drivers. So=20
> there can be a solution which consists only of a single .DOL, which can=20
> 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=20
> clients. The ramdisk image could even include an FTP server, so that=20
> people can use FTP clients on their computer to rip the CDs.
>=20
>    Michael

How about: "because it can be done", that would be enough reason for me
to put it in.

Jesse