Making Linux Redhat CD's

[Paul Greene <pgreene phoenix net>]

I recently got a CD-Writer in the office and attempted to make a RedHat 5.1
CD with a RedHat directory tree downloaded from Sunsite.

The CD-Writer is connected to a Win NT machine; and is a Hewlett Packard
7200. I bought Easy CD Creator software from Adaptec.

I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that Redhat makes their CD with
"Rockridge extensions", but Easy CD Creator doesn't have that option. The
options are ISO 9660 Levels 1 and 3, and then Joliet. I made the CD with
Joliet format to keep the long filenames, but the boot disk didn't
recognize the CD-ROM. (I'd read that Linux doesn't support Joliet format
yet so I knew I was taking a chance.)

So I then tried just to copy the Redhat directory to a Win 95 partition on
my hard drive and run a hard drive install, but got an error message along
the lines of "Doesn't appear to be a valid Redhat directory tree".

So two questions then;

1. Can you make a good Linux CD in either of the above 3 formats (ISO Level
1 or 3, or Joliet)?

2. Why didn't the hard drive install work? I used the same directory
structure as the Redhat directories on Sunsite.

I ended up just installing a Slackware download from Sunsite, but I'd
prefer to use Redhat 5.1 if possible.

(I suppose I should just pop the $50 for a Redhat CD, but I'm overseas and
it's a bit of a hassle getting stuff shipped down here. Besides I'd rather
solve the problem like a good little tinkerer anyway.)

Regards,

Paul Greene