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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: <1992Dec11.225241.1941@nb.rockwell.com>
Sender: wade@nb.rockwell.com (Wade Guthrie)
Organization: Rockwell International
References: <JKH.92Dec2030349@whisker.lotus.ie> <ByM6vo.C8C@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec2.055049.24923@tfs.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 22:52:41 GMT
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In article <1992Dec2.055049.24923@tfs.com>, julian@tfs.com (Julian Elischer) writes:
> In article <ByM6vo.C8C@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Jeff-Randall@uiuc.edu (Jeff Randall) writes:
> >
> >>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.

Wade Guthrie
wade@nb.rockwell.com