#Really Dumb Question
I have seen, for the last couple of years, discussions about how CD-ROM
recording is a tricky process. One of the basic issues that everyone knows
about is the need for a fast hard drive that can get info to the recorder
without interuption.
Things like lots of small files, complex directory structures and the like can
also create problems. Most of this seems to be related to a need to get
everything written in one smooth pass with the recording. If all is not just
right, you end up with a wasted CD-ROM disc.
The blank media is not as expensive as it used to be, but it is still costly,
time consuming and wasteful to end up with an unusable CD.
I have never seen anyone ask the question, Why? It seems like it would be easy
enough to wait for a few spins if the buffer is empty, before writing the next
sector. Why does it need to be uninterupted, and is there hope for getting
around this problem?
BB