Hoover, Tony (hoover@sal.ksu.edu)
Thu, 8 Apr 1999 09:34:59 -0500
There is a utility called mkisofs that came from the Unix/Linux world and
was ported to WIN32. This utility allows you to make a disk that is ISO9660
level 3 ( 32char file names native), Joliet, and RockRidge extensions ( and
even all at the same time if you want! )
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Tony Hoover, Network Administrator
KSU - Salina, College of Technology
mailto:hoover@sal.ksu.edu
"I'm on a head long collision course with the brick wall of success"
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> From: Andy Grundman[SMTP:ag_tiny@hotmail.com]
> Reply To: axp-list@redhat.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 1999 7:10 AM
> To: axp-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Help! Installing RH5.2 on SX164 -
>
> Yes this could be the problem.. I have a burned CD but it is in CDFS
> format, not ISO9660. The system sees it fine though, and it boots
> the kernel.. oh well I will just burn another one in iso9660.
> Thanks all,
> Andy
>
>
> >From: Jaap Hogenberg <Jaap.Hogenberg@nl.abnamro.com>
> >Reply-To: axp-list@redhat.com
> >To: axp-list <axp-list@redhat.com>
> >Subject: Re: Help! Installing RH5.2 on SX164 - "Unable to open an
> initial console."
> >Date: 08 Apr 1999 10:32:07 +0200
> >
> >>>>> "Andy Grundman" said:
> >>> I am trying to install RH5.2 on an SX164 at work and it keeps
> giving
> >>> me the error message "Unable to open an initial console." after I
> boot
> >>> off the cd-rom (boot -t iso9660 hdc:kernels/sx164.gz
> root=/dev/hdc).
> >>> It goes through a typical linux boot, then hangs after that
> error. I
> >>> have to manually restart the system from there.
> >
> >>This seems to happen on some machines; try using the RAMdisk floppy
> >>instead...
> >
> >>--Jay++
> >
> >I've seen this happen with copied CD's that are copied using windoze.
> >One on one copies are fine , but if you want to put something extra
> on
> >such a CD
> >micro$oft makes a iso9660 with Joliet extensions, which are , as you
> >would have guessed by now,
> >not compatible with RockRidge extensions , and this will mess up
> the /dev
> >on the cd.
> >Actually , mess up isn't right, there's just nothing there.
> >So , am I right , is it a Joliet fs CD ?
> >
> >And , more importantly , is it a good idea to include support for
> this in
> >the kernels that
> >are shipped with the original distributions (which IMHO would fix
> all
> >this ?)
> >
> >Jaap
> >
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