[ale] Faking out Windows CD checks?

[James P. Kinney III]

I like the stick on labels. It adds a protective coating on the fragile
top surface. 

On Sat, 2003-05-03 at 00:08, Greg wrote:
> I use a big black permanent marker to write the contents/title on my burnt
> CD's to tell them apart.  It has never failed to work in identifying them -
> when I can remember where I put them.
> 
> Greg
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of John
> > Marasco
> > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 11:28 PM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: RE: [ale] Faking out Windows CD checks?
> >
> >
> > I burned copies of all the kids games and just gave them the copies.  But
> > that still leaves some difficulty in identifying which disk is which (for
> > the kids, not me).  If you discover a way to run the games from a Samba
> > mount I would be very interested (if you wouldn't mind posting).
> >
> > The daemon-tools idea sounded interesting but the link was down.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Robert L.
> > Harris
> > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 4:47 PM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: [ale] Faking out Windows CD checks?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   I have about 10-15 games for my kids for Windows.  There's a problem
> > in that they still don't have a respect for the fragility of CD's
> > (they're 3 and 5) and have ruined many CD's already.
> >
> >   On some of their games I can copy the CD's to /mnt/logan/Goofy and
> > share it out with samba.  Works great as far as the game is concerned.
> > Some games though still get ticked off when they can't find the original
> > CD's in the local CDRom drive.
> >
> >   Has anyone found a good work around for a scenario like this where the
> > physical CD's are required?  Yeah, this could possibly provide a pain
> > as this is what the copy protection is supposed to prevent but I'm tired
> > of paying $20/$30 to replace CD's because they're so easy to scratch and
> > thus ruin.
> >
> > Robert
> >   P.S. Don't bother with the "play linux games only" as there's not a
> > Goofy Skating, Hotwheels crash, Dr Sues, etc  yet.  Yes, I've got them
> > playing frozen bubble but they like the Disney games, etc still.
> >
> >
> >
> > :wq!
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ---------
> > Robert L. Harris                     | PGP Key ID: E344DA3B
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> > DISCLAIMER:
> >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> >
> > Diagnosis: witzelsucht
> >
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