David Leaumont wrote:
>
> I will begin by saying that I hope this isn't a stupid
> question...for I am a newbie for sure...
>
> Do CD's burned on a Win95 or Win98 system work under
> Linux? I have cd burners at work (95) and at home
> (98) and want to know if packages that I download
> under these systems will work. I need this until I
> upgrade my (say it ain't so!) HSC-modem. Thanks in
> advance.
> Regards-Dave
Again it depends, iso9660 is the most common format
and Joliet is the extension to that standard which permits
long file names. The simple answer is yes. All of my
WINxx cds are readable from Linux, vice versa is not
necesarrily true as Linux supports more formats than
WINxx.
Jonathan
