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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:9065 comp.os.linux:19554 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!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: <1992Dec16.190223.3274@nb.rockwell.com> Sender: wade@nb.rockwell.com (Wade Guthrie) Organization: Rockwell International References: <ByM6vo.C8C@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec2.055049.24923@tfs.com> <1992Dec11.225241.1941@nb.rockwell.com> <1992Dec12.055725.23540@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:02:23 GMT Lines: 41 In article <1992Dec12.055725.23540@netcom.com>, adam@netcom.com (Adam J. Richter) writes: > In article <whatever> I wrote: > >The Linux cd-rom drivers may support [the Rockridge extensions] > >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. > My Linux/GNU/X CD is a counter-example to your claim. The CD > uses the Rockridge extensions, but you can install it on a system that > "has only DOS" or that has no software at all. This is because the > distribution includes a boot floppy that boots linux and then mounts > the CD. That is one approach that would be fine. > Even on a distribution that did not include a boot floppy, > the inclusion of Rock Ridge extension information would not make > it any harder to install. After all, you can still read a Rockridge > disk with a system that only understands iso9660, although the filenames > will appear in iso9660 level 1 (DOS style) or iso9660 level 2 (similar > to VMS) formats. I tried to read a SUN CD-ROM (which uses the rockridge extensions) and had some problems. The CD-ROM had one file (README -- which I could read fine) and several directories (all with names longer than 8 characters). I could not change into any of the directories, although everything else seemed fine. Now, I admit that I may be missing something here. If I am, and the people putting the disk together want to do things that way, may I humbly request that the README on the disk explain the stuff that I should have known? > Installing Linux from a CD that contains only source > code is essentially the same problem. Yeah, this is why I would like a binary of the os. Wade wade@nb.rockwell.com