From: "William A. Perkins" <wa_perkins@pnl.gov>
To: Joseph Arceneaux <jla@arceneaux.com>
Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Off topic filesystem question
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 16:21:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199708251507.IAA25054@yama.phoebus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199708220021.RAA13778@emptiness.arceneaux.com>
>>>>> "Joe" == Joseph Arceneaux <jla@arceneaux.com> writes:
Joe> This is not really a cygwin question, so I must apologize in
Joe> advance.
Joe> I have a Unix file system which I'm trying to render onto a CD.
Joe> The CD burner only runs off a Windows system (or potentially,
Joe> NT). The Question is how to preserve the many softlinks in
Joe> the file system so they appear properly on the CD.
Joe> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Joe> Joe
Joe,
I have done this successfully by first making a ISO9660 image using
mkisofs on the UNIX system (in my case Solaris and SunOS) first, then
copying the image to the PC and burning the CD there. Here are some
helpful links to check out:
* Linux CD-Writing < http://www.shop.de/~winni/linux/CD-Writing/ >
discusses the use of mkisofs.
* Golden Hawk Technology < http://www.goldenhawk.com/ > has some free
software which will burn a CD using an image, if your software
won't do it.
* mkisofs source can be found in any of the Linux archives one
place would be
< ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/mkisofs/mkisofs-1.11.tar.gz >
I have successfully compiled mkisofs under cygwin32-b18 (on Win95) by
defining NON_UNIXFS, but it won't make a good image. isovfy and
isoinfo work under cygwin32 though. I didn't put much effort into
finding the problem. Has anyone else had any luck?
Hope this helps.
Bill
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-08-21 17:22 Joseph Arceneaux
1997-08-25 16:21 ` William A. Perkins [this message]
1997-08-31 13:43 Sergey Okhapkin
1997-09-02 15:50 ` William A. Perkins
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