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Re: UpComing COMPUTAX





On Fri, 19 May 1995, Uri Hanani wrote:

> On Thu, 18 May 1995, Gilad Gam wrote:
> 
> > Do you have an idea how to write linux CD's using a dos based software? I 
> > have a CD writer where I work, but I'm afraid that writig Linux CD's, 
> > which have long file names, is going to be a bit of a problem. Did anyone 
> > try this before?
> 
> that's where the RockRidge extension comes into the picture - those 
> annoying TRANS.TBL files (or whatever their name is) give out the right 
> names. anyway, most CDR softwares have the ability to copy an entire CD 
> to the internal HD (or other dedicated one) and write it all back as an 
> image, without looking at the contents.
> 
> I am sure there is a much cheaper way though... I just ordered from the 
> US 8 sets of InfoMagik's 4CD set, and it is less than $25 for a package 
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> like that (P&H included) which is the price of a single yet-unused CDR 
> media disk in Israel... further more, my Quad speed has reading problems 
> with CDRs...

  I bought my 4 CD InfoMagic set in Houston for $15 plus tax.  

  It should be possible to get down to $12 for a group purchase (+ S/H)

  Alternately, there is at least one Linux CD-ROM that *lists* at $9

  I am appending the relevant messages

alex

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