LBA for Dummying Files??

[bruceg]

Hi,

I had a basic question about creating dummy files with newfile...

I just create a file called 00dummy.dat and throw it into my data sub-directory before re-imaging with cdrecord or cdrwin.

Just wondering how the program knows to set the LBA value for the dummy file to the lowest number (relative to the other files)?? Is it just because it's the first file it finds??

Does the LBA ordering progress based on how you have alphabetized your files in the sub-directory??

Just curious...

Thanks!!

Bruce

[Excalibur007]

Hi,
Yes, it will automatically place it in the correct place. The reason you want to name it something like, "0A.DAT" or "000DUMMY.DAT" is so that it will show up alphabetically before the rest of the game files. The "1st_read.bin" will still be the first file the DC reads so you have nothing to worry about.
Just throw that dummy in the root directory of your game, make your *.iso, and burn that thing! It's as easy as that. : )
I hope this has been helpful.
By the way, you can also name your *.iso image anything you want. In the Echelon tutorial, it tells you to name it "ECHELON", when it says to type:

mkisofs -C 0,11702 -V ECHELON -l -o data.iso data

instead, you can type something like:

mkisofs -C 0,11702 -V "MS. PACMAN" -l -o "ms. pacman.iso" data

or

mkisofs -C 0,11702 -V "MS. PACMAN" -l -o data.iso data

Just make sure that if your name has more than 1 word, you include the quotation marks.
This way if you stick your disk into your CDrom on your PC, it will show you the name of the game and not "echelon."

Take care,
-Ex

[bruceg]

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