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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:9044 comp.os.linux:19465 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!smurf.sub.org!rnihd!rnivh!thorin!unger 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> Organization: home of the dwarves Lines: 26 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- -- Juergen Unger EMail : unger@thorin.swb.de + Privat: +49 6253 85140 / most Computers / Office: +49 6196 908 688 + FAX : +49 6253 85110 / doing it binary /