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- mkisofs-1.11 for NEXTSTEP 3.3 (Patched and with the new libposix.a)
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- mkisofs creates a CDROM image file in ISO9660 with RockRidge extensions.
- The image file created may be used to burn a CDROM with any number of free
- software. The resulting CDROM will be readable on practically any platform.
- I use this to prepare CDROM image files, which are then transferred to a
- Windows PC to actually burn a CDROM. There is CDDesigner.app, which
- however is commercial. This, along with FILE2CD.EXE, provides a
- freeware solution.
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- To compile mkisofs, you will need a NEXTSTEP 3.3 system with
- 3.3Patches installed and with a new statically linkable POSIX library
- libposix.a from www.next.com, or more sepcifically:
- http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers/HTMLFiles/2066.htmld/2066.html
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- Download and install these:
- 3.3Intel68kPatch.pkg.tar
- 3.3DeveloperPatch.pkg.tar
- libposix.a
- 3.3Patch.ImprovedDNS.post_install or 3.3Patch.LibrariesOK.post_install
-
- # ranlib /usr/lib/libposix.a
- % sum /usr/lib/libposix.a
- 27352 3183
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- OPENSTEP 4.x doesn't have workable POSIX, and neither do versions
- 3.2 and earlier. Once compiled, the binary runs fine on OPENSTEP
- 4.x. It may run OK on NS3.x, but this is not tested.
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-
- I attempted to remove POSIX dependency, but I gave up. This is not trivial.
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- Makefiles, *.c files with *.c.orig counterpart have been modified slightly.
- Take a diff to see these minor mods.
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-
- === How to actually make a CDROM using mkisofs and a CDROM writer attached
- to a Windows PC
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- [1] Plan directories to include (total size < 650MB)
- optionally prepare .mkisofsrc in the base direcotory (see man mkisofs)
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- [2] Create CDROM image file using mkisofs
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- # For example, making CDROM of /Users (excluding lost+found directory)
- mkisofs -o /ExtraSpace/users.cdr -R -T -l -V "HomeDir Snap" -x /Users/lost+found /Users
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- [3] Transfer file users.cdr to Windows machine with a CDROM writer.
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- [4] Use FILE2CD.EXE to burn image file to CDROM.
-
- In MSDOS command shell, do:
- file2cd users.cdr /postgap
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- It will find the drive.
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- *Note: FILE2CD.EXE, CD2FILE.EXE etc are freeware programs from:
- http://www.mainstream.net/~jarnold/cdrom/
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- It needs an ADAPTEC SCSI driver WNASPI32.DLL available from
- ftp://ftp.adaptec.com/pub/BBS/winnt/aspi32.exe
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- *** The above procedure worked for me with a Pentium PC with Windows NT4.0 (SP3)
- with a Phillips CDD 2600 (came with an Adaptec SCSI card).
- Adaptec's crappy CD software for Windows doesn't work.
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- Additional Info
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- http://www.cd-info.com/CDIC/Technology/CD-R/FAQ.html
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