Thanks for the quick replies . . . But what I need is the correct command line for mkcd to create the 700MB ISOs from the downloaded Cooker tree . . .
I have no problems creating the 700MB CDs from the (already) provided 700MB beta images. Thx, R.Fox On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 11:06, Murray J. Root wrote: > On 09 Aug 2002 10:24:47 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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 > > > > 1) use real 700M blanks - do not try overwriting 650M (they will say they burned >right, but they didn't) > > 2) use a relatively new CD burner (if it burns less than 4x, forget it) > > 3) use cdrecord -v (that will warn you if it detects a problem with burning the CDs) > > 4) use a very good CD drive to read the CDs. CD1 was sized at very close to the >limits of any drive to read. > > 5) Win XP's built-in burn app is useless - it calculates 700M as 700 * 1000 * 1000 >and adjusts offsets the same way. TOC ends up being wrong. > ( correct math - 700M = 700 * 1024 *1024 ) > > -- > Murray J. Root > ------------------------------------------------ > DISCLAIMER: http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/ > ------------------------------------------------ > Mandrake on IRC > #mandrake & #mandrake-linux = help for newbies (irc.openprojects.net) > #mdk-cooker = Mandrake Cooker (irc.openprojects.net) > #mandrakeguru = merged with #mandrake on irc.oftc.net >
