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- From: unger@thorin.swb.de (Juergen Unger)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: 386BSD + LINIX + GNU + X11R5 on CDROM - let us know what you wan
- Message-ID: <1FeuVB2w165w@thorin.swb.de>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 22:19:59 GMT
- References: <1992Dec11.225241.1941@nb.rockwell.com>
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- wade@nb.rockwell.com (Wade Guthrie) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec2.055049.24923@tfs.com>, julian@tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
- > > In article <ByM6vo.C8C@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Jeff-Randall@uiuc.edu (Jeff Randal
- > > >>The CD will be will be mastered in ISO 9660 format (all filenames 8.3)
- > Hoooray!!!!
- > > >Perhaps using the rockridge extensions would be a better Idea than a
- > > >non-standard program hacked up just for this CD.. I believe that the
- > > >Linux CD-ROM driver already handles them and it would be likely that
- > > >the 386BSD driver would eventually support it as well... if it doesn't
- > > >already...
- > The Linux cd-rom drivers may support this 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.
-
- I thought you can use the CD with the Rockridge extensions on
- a system without the this extensions, because its an extension
- to the ISO9660 format and not an replacement for it.
- Or I'm wrong ?
-
- -Juergen-
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