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- From: wade@nb.rockwell.com (Wade Guthrie)
- Subject: Re: 386BSD + LINIX + GNU + X11R5 on CDROM - let us know what you want!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.190223.3274@nb.rockwell.com>
- Sender: wade@nb.rockwell.com (Wade Guthrie)
- Organization: Rockwell International
- References: <ByM6vo.C8C@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec2.055049.24923@tfs.com> <1992Dec11.225241.1941@nb.rockwell.com> <1992Dec12.055725.23540@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:02:23 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec12.055725.23540@netcom.com>, adam@netcom.com (Adam J. Richter) writes:
- > In article <whatever> I wrote:
- > >The Linux cd-rom drivers may support [the Rockridge extensions]
- > >already, but if you don't already
- > >HAVE Linux up and running on your system, the point is moot. I would not
- > >like to see the Rockridge extensions, 'cause then I wouldn't be able to
- > >load Linux from the CD on a system that currently has only DOS.
-
- > My Linux/GNU/X CD is a counter-example to your claim. The CD
- > uses the Rockridge extensions, but you can install it on a system that
- > "has only DOS" or that has no software at all. This is because the
- > distribution includes a boot floppy that boots linux and then mounts
- > the CD.
-
- That is one approach that would be fine.
-
- > Even on a distribution that did not include a boot floppy,
- > the inclusion of Rock Ridge extension information would not make
- > it any harder to install. After all, you can still read a Rockridge
- > disk with a system that only understands iso9660, although the filenames
- > will appear in iso9660 level 1 (DOS style) or iso9660 level 2 (similar
- > to VMS) formats.
-
- I tried to read a SUN CD-ROM (which uses the rockridge extensions) and had
- some problems. The CD-ROM had one file (README -- which I could read
- fine) and several directories (all with names longer than 8 characters). I
- could not change into any of the directories, although everything else seemed
- fine. Now, I admit that I may be missing something here. If I am, and the
- people putting the disk together want to do things that way, may I humbly
- request that the README on the disk explain the stuff that I should have
- known?
-
- > Installing Linux from a CD that contains only source
- > code is essentially the same problem.
-
- Yeah, this is why I would like a binary of the os.
-
-
- Wade
- wade@nb.rockwell.com
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