Windoze Write a SCO Readable CD

[1900...@my-dejanews.com]

Does anybody know if it is possible to write a CD in w95 and read it in SCO ?

If so, what special setting would I need to do on the write to make it so ?

Any info much appreciated.

Brian.
Computer Services Manager

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[David Woolley]

In article <7g1cl8$vcb$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,

<1900...@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
>Does anybody know if it is possible to write a CD in w95 and read it in SCO ?

It is possible, however the bundled versions of some of the mastering
software will create Joliet only images and requires a proprietory wrapper
around any raw CD image. Older tools will produce plain ISO 9660 (8.3
file names) and at least one works with raw CD images, but the bundled
version of EZ CD Creator fails on both counts.

For long filenames, SCO Unix 3.2v4.2 needs a SCO file system image,
which can only sensibly be created on the SCO machine; this can be
written on W95 if you have a mastering tool that handles raw CD images.
v5.0.x needs Rock Ridge extensions, although I don't know that any of
the W95 mastering tools supports these. mkisofs 12b4 (probably b5 too)
will create CD images that give long filenames under Joliet and Rock
Ridge standards at the same time.

You can use cdrecord, with SCSI recorders, to do the whole job on SCO
(although I've only used it on Linux, with ATAPI ones).

[Greg M Lee]

I use mkisofs 12b5 to create an image with file extension .iso,
transfer this to the W9x box [ don't forget binary mode if using FTP :-)
]
EZ CD Creator will write this fine if you choose files of type *.iso in
the
CD image choosing dialog.
Mkisofs has some options that allow you to make hybrid Rockridge/Joliet
CD's so they can be used to install both the UNIX and W9x client
software !

Enjoy
-Greg