On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Hoyt wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 4:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] make 7.0 cd ?
>
>
> >
> >
> > mkisofs -R \
> > -o /output/dir/oxygen.iso \
> > -b images/gi_cdrom.img \
> > -c images/.catalog \
> > /tmp/r \
> > /mnt/disk
> >
> >
>
>
> I would suggest adding -J, allowing MS Windows (helping many Newbies?) to
> browse the CD with long file names shown. This should also help with
> browsing the HTML FAQ files from Windows (the 8.3 filenames break the HTML
> links in the docs.)
Yeah sure it looks nice, but it screwed up the installer on some
machines. which is why we quit doing it.
> And as long as I am on it, some "ease of use" suggestions:
>
> The text files in /dosutils should be named *.TXT. Linux won't care and it's
> easier to open and read the text files from Windows (just click on them
> rather than right click, then OPEN WITH . . .)
>
> Include some help files in /dosutils (newbies don't know to look in /docs)
> that address common questions of Windows users; perhaps a small HTML FAQ for
> Windows converts. I'll volunteer to do the docs if you need..
>
> With new converts every day, we should do more to make the transition
> smoother and add value to the Mandrake distro.
>
> Hoyt
>
>
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