Dave Uhring wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 19:35:56 -0500, Triffid wrote:
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>>Dave Uhring wrote:
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>>>You cannot do that with Windows and it is a PITA to do it using Solaris.
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>>Why not?
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> Windows can read neither the CD's VTOC nor the UFS filesystems on Software
> CD 1/2.

Nor does it need to in order to copy a disc.

>>There are no Solaris machines with recorders in our shop, so I have no
>>choice but to duplicate on Windows. Never had a problem with a Solaris
>>CD made using the 'copy disc' or equivalent function in any Windows
>>recording package.
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> Perhaps a utility which can read the bits on a CD might be able to
> generate an ISO image. My own experience with Windows CD utilities has
> been decidedly negative.

The copy disc function typically reads the bits from the source disc and
writes them to the destination disc, and therefore requires no
understanding of the data format or content. AFAIK no Windows utility is
able to correctly generate an ISO9660 image of a Solaris CD.

>>>Can you boot the original Software CD 1/2?
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> That remains the operative question.
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