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Re: Writing RockRidge CDs with Windows 95
Shlomi Fish wrote:
> I am considering preparing a CD-ROM with RedHat 4.2, XFree 86 3.3.1
> and
> other goodies that I can fill it up with. I have a CD writer here at
> work
> and the guys here let me use it as long as I pay for the blank CD with
> my
> own money.
>
> The only problem is: it only supports regular iso9660 filesystems with
>
> filename limit of 8.3 and the Win95 Joliet extension. Therefore, I'm
> looking for a way to emulate the RockRidge extension that Linux uses
> and
> RedHat requires for proper CD-only installation.
>
> By browsing a RockRidge CD under Win95 (or Linux) I realized that the
> long
> filenames are chopped in some method (probably unimportant) and the
> extra
> information (long filenames, limited permissions) is contained in a
> file
> called TRANS.TBL. Since It's a plain text file with an more-or-less
> obvious
> format, it can be easily created as an extra file in the file system.
>
> However, the string "TRANS.TBL" is not referenced anywhere in the
> Linux
> kernel's iso9660 fs driver. Therefore, it is possible that the
> contents of
> TRANS.TBL occupy a certain place in the CD, and a random writing of a
> file
> with the name "TRANS.TBL" will simply not do.
>
> Therefore, will creating an image of the CD-ROM as an MS-DOS tree
> (with
> pre- generated TRANS.TBL files) will be enough to write a RockRidge
> compatible CD?
>
> If I need special CD writing programs for Windoze 95, does anybody
> knows of
> any that support both the Rock-Ridge format and a SCSI CD-writer? It
> should be assumed that installing Linux in the computer with the CD
> writer
> is out of the question.
>
> I checked the relevant HOWTO and scanned the HOWTO's list but couldn't
> find
> any information. However, I plan to send an update to the CD-Writing
> HOWTO
> and other relecant HOWTO's after this issue is resolved.
>
> Shlomi Fish
>
> BTW, should I wait for the next stable version and official release of
>
> RedHat (the latest beta is supposed to be RedHat 4.8) ?
>
For your oun sake, as much as I familiar with Linux CD mastering ...
First - no Wondooz App will write Links used with Linux ( Redhat...).
So.. What you'll have to do is : make a virtual cd in linux ( I think it
is "mkisofs" ????)
Then copy the Image file of the CD you made to the windooz H.D. and then
with every
CD mastering app. just copy the Image file to the Blank.
Other ways are useless and to much bother, exept mastering under Linux
naturaly.
Have Fun.