| Bill Jonas on Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:21:15 -0400 |
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On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 11:43:14AM -0700, George Langford, Sc.D. wrote: > The other day, after that call from the Ex, I idly made another > CD with what I remember were the 8+3 filename restriction plus > Joliet extension, and Lo ! and Behold ! The Thinkpad could read > it ! Even showed all the filenames just like they looked > originally on the PC (very long indeed). Are you sure that it was the CD format itself and not just a bad disc? ISO9660 + Joliet/Rock Ridge is pretty damned standard. > Which brings me to the thought that inspired this posting: Could > I simply copy the Linux distribution disk onto the Linux box's > hard drive and then burn a new CD from that ? With the 8+3 > filename restriction ? And the Joliet extension (probably not, > I'd guess, after reading that Joliet was Microsoft's doing) ? I highly doubt this would work. The installer's going to be looking for certain files with certain names under directories which are supposed to have their own particular names. Joliet, on the other hand, is not a problem at all; Linux supports it just fine: $ grep JOLIET /boot/config-2.4.19preempt3 CONFIG_JOLIET=y Without knowing more information, I'd guess you got a bad disc the last time you tried to install; give it another shot. -- Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin Attachment:
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