[ale] Faking out Windows CD checks?

[Greg]

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!
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> Diagnosis: witzelsucht
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