[plug] Networked kernel support?

[Bill Kenworthy]

Hi Gary, there's a program called web ??? something or other that offers
a web interface to a cdburner.  Apparently works very well (drag and
drop on the client for files was mentioned, so probably not going to
work well via modem!).  Do a search on freshmeat on cd burning

BillK

Garry wrote:
> 
> Suppose you have two machines, A and B.
> 
> B has an IDE CDR, A does not.
> B can happily burn CDs, as it has the SCSI emulation built in or moduled..
> 
> Does A need to have similar capability built into it's kernel, or can it
> mount and write to B's CDR? Assume A has an old kernel.
> 
> I ask because of the way printers are used by machines across a network,
> where the using machine must know the printer type.. Or is support for
> mountable drives a different kettle of mullet to printers?
> 
> (This is sort of hypothetical, but is to extend understanding.. It should
> extend to use of tape drives and other funny devices..I think.)
> 
> Garry.