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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.7.1-CD-ROM writing
Date: 7 Apr 1997 13:18:39 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <33493535.1E02@vgs.sn.no>,
Niklas Saers <niklass@vgs.sn.no> writes:
> Okidok... I want to burn a CD-ROM with FreeBSD 2.1.7.1. This is because
> there are so many people around here who want to go over to Unix, and
> since Linux is their only option availble, they buy the CD and install
> it. That goes FAST. Having to buy a FreeBSD CD-ROM takes ages (I live in
> Norway, and believe me, I've tried. Took me about two weeks to get the
> FreeBSD 2.1.5 CD-ROMs) and since I've got such a nice, fast access to the
> net, I wanted to burn one for them which they could install from. But
> I've got some problems:
>
> I believe I should write in normal ISO9660, with 8+3 filenames, right?
> Then, how should I convert files like bin.mtree and make the CD see the
> difference between checksum.md5 (which does not exist) and CHECKSUM.MD5?
> And about the packages, should I include any other directories than All?
> How do I fix this, with All, upper case first letter and two lower-case
> letters?? And worse, how should I convert 9-menu-1.4.tgz into an 8+3
> character-mode? Is there an actual FreeBSD 2.1.7.1 CD-ROM availble around
> at any server which I just can mirror down, or the files with these
> conversions??
>
> Sorry to be such a pain in the ass, but hey, that's a part of learning,
> right? :)
>
> Yours
>
> Niklas J. Saers
> Beren of Ewox
If you use rockridge extensions (-R option to mkisofs I believe), these
problems go away. However, I havn't tried it so I can't be sure.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !