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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:8851 comp.os.linux:18688 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!wupost!newsfeed.rice.edu!nb.rockwell.com!wade 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 Lines: 21 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