Tom Whiting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Friday 09 August 2002 03:24 am, Robert Fox wrote:
>> Could someone shed some light on the correct command to create a set of
>> CDs from the latest Cooker (the 700MB Cds)
>>
>> Thx,
>> R.Fox
> According to SOME these work. Unfortunately, I'm in the boat with you here, 
> and they didn't work (well, they did, but only halfway).
>
> IF you're running a linux OS already, try burning the ISO's to cd using your 
> favorite cdr interface. This WILL burn all the related information to the CD. 
> Unfortunately, it will NOT close the cd, meaning you won't have ACCESS to it 
> anywhere except at boot (I know, it really boggles the mind doesn't it). At 
> least it works that way with my cdrw. The cd's not closed, but it is readable 
> somehow (??) at boot and setup time.
>
> Under Win, try the same thing, although, I'm not 100% familliar with how Win 
> progs handle closing cd's, etc.
>
> The ONLY problem with the larger CD's is that you'll NEVER be able to get them 
> mounted (ie: you want to upgrade/install xxx package using rpmdrake).
>
> Unfortunately, there's not really a lot more that can be done. Hopefully the 
> gurus behind this are working on a solution for the rest of us, altho who 
> knows. It does seem to be a common problem though.

What are you talking about? I can burn, mount, umount and even do other 
things with these CDs!

-- 
Warly

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