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

[Groepaz <gr...@gm...>]

On Tuesday 24 August 2004 14:12, Michael Steil wrote:

> 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.

the whole point is that tools to do exactly this _do exist already_.
noone needs linux to do this.

however the whole discussion remains pathetic. you dont ban ropes because
they can be used to hang people either.

gpz