Subject: Re: booting from CD?
To: Anders Hogrelius SdU <elt96ahs@mds.mdh.se>
From: Lord Isildur <mrfusion@crue.jdwarren.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 12/19/1999 15:46:31
in the UNIX world, i've had a lot of good results from Xcdroast, though i 
dont know how it performs under NetBSD (havign used it under Linux) 
and in the PEeCee world, i think adaptec EZ CD creator can also handle 
raw images, though i dont think it can make them. On macintrashes, i once 
used a program called 'toast' but this was several years back. I used it 
to make copies of an Ultrix online documentation CD. 
are there any decent CD-burning programs in the BSD world? 


On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Anders Hogrelius SdU wrote:

> On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, ville hautakangas wrote:
> > 
> > Probably you could get it to ftp.netbsd.org and the mirrors? And the VAX
> > hobbyist
> > sites, whatever there are. An FTP access to files that big is almost a
> > must.
> 
> Yepp, if the cd-image works as expected, it should definitely be on
> ftp.netbsd.org.
> 
> > 
> > Is your image a standard ISO cd image, such that can be burned with any
> > "normal"
> > software on a Windows box? Both CD-R's I have access to have Windows and
> > Adaptec Easy CD Creator, that supports ISO images.
> > 
> Unfortunately no, the image isn't a ISO image. The only way to make a
> CD bootable on a VAX, at least without a _lot_ of work, is to use a ffs
> filesystem. The only Windoze software i've found that can handle images
> other than ISO, is GEAR Pro. There is a timelimited demo available for
> download, but it's not obvious that it is for making CD-ROM's. Try to
> find it at:
> ftp://ftp.gearcdr.com/pub/windows/win95nt/gear/demo/GEARProDVDTrial.ZIP
> It doesn't only support DVD mastering, but also supports CD-Rom's.
> 
> 
> -- 
> cheers,
> 
> /Anders
> 
>  
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> future, for which I really worked, is mine." 
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