Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 16:21:35 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> To: Valery Zamarayev <qd@sea.com.ua>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: creating cdrom Message-ID: <20000329.16213500@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <20000329123131.A1791@sea.com.ua> References: <200003271804.e2RI4rQ02603@mail.hiwaay.net> <20000328150520.A2385@sea.com.ua> <20000328.22572100@bartequi.ottodomain.org> <20000329123131.A1791@sea.com.ua>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 3/29/00, 10:31:31 AM, Valery Zamarayev <qd@sea.com.ua> wrote=20 regarding Re: creating cdrom: > On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 10:57:21PM +0000, Salvo Bartolotta wrote: > > > I'd also recommend mkhybrid (/usr/ports/sysutils/mkhybrid) to crea= te > > ISO9660 > > > images. I successfully tried it myself. It can create hybrid Joile= tt, > > > Rockridge etc. images so that you have long names in both FreeBSD = and > > Windows. > > > > > -- > > > Sincerely etc. Valery Zamarayev > > > http://www.sea.com.ua > > > > > > Dear Valery Zamarayev, > > > > I have been using "mkisofs -D -U -R": curious as it may seem, it wor= ks > > like charm for me. I can access all my backed-up freebsd files with = no > > difficulty. I have even tried 9 levels of directory nesting. Not sur= e > > *if* and *where* I will hit the limit, if any ... :-) > Is this Rockridge that makes >8 levels of directories ? > I didn't try to create such images, so I won't tell you if mkhybrid=20 works too. > > > > BTW, I issued some "diff -r" commands to make sure that my files had= > > been correctly copied (safe paranoia). > yeah, that's ... wise > > Practically, I can save my freebsd trees with small to no changes in= > > file names [wild screams of joy censored] > What surprises you so much in it ? > Note that I didn't say: don't use mkisofs, I just recommended mkhybrid= > as I had successfully used it several times. > > Not yet tried -J (Joliet), but I could NOT care less about Winblows > > :-)) > Then you must be happy. > because I have not to just administer FreeBSD, i.e. not just install a= =20 mail > server or a web server, but provide solutions for my company, > which includes a bit of windoze hacking too (hope this will change=20 some day ...) > -- > Sincerely etc. Valery Zamarayev > http://www.sea.com.ua Dear Valery Zamarayev, I apologize for not expressing myself clearly. I failed to point out the following ideas: 1) the "classic" mkisofs is an interesting possibility, too; 2) the combination -D -U -R works fine **despite** the warnings in the=20 mkisofs man page: warnings against the -D and -U options. That's it.=20 NO flame war intended :-)=20 I'll tell you some reasons for my wild enthusiasm. A few days ago, I was given a couple of "impossible" CD-RW.=20 -- "These are the ONLY CD-RW I couldn't write", the Winblows guy said.=20 "I tried all my CD-writing programs. They did NOT work. You can keep=20 the CD-RWs if you like".=20 -- "Ok, I'll give'em a try", I replied. The next day the two "impossible" CD-RWs were written, via mkisofs &=20 cdrecord. They contained FreeBSD sources, tarballs etc.=20 I won't describe this guy's face.=20 -- "How did you do ?", He asked -- "Well, of course, Unix is NOT Winblows", I replied. Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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