Re: Making Linux Redhat CD's

["Igmar Palsenberg" <palsenberg tebenet nl>]

>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

No, because it Windows :)

> 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.)


RedHat DOES support Joliet CD's. I use it all the time..

>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".


Windows doesn't support the file names that the RedHat install uses.
Especially names with xxx.xxx.xxx are converted to xxx-xxx.xxx, and the
install doesn't like it.

>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)?


One of the ISO levels should do it, if you make the image in Linux and then
transfer to Windows.

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


Because Windows does some converting, see comment on top.

>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.)


Mount a file as filesystem, copy everything you need, and copy the file to
Windows, and burn it.

Best solution : Get the XCDRoats. Always works, because it is a X-Windows
program.

>Regards,

>Paul Greene


            Igmar Palsenberg