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[ale] HOWTO->burn a 'bootable' CD for an old sco OS
- Subject: [ale] HOWTO->burn a 'bootable' CD for an old sco OS
- From: kaboom at gatech.edu (Chris Ricker)
- Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 09:32:16 -0600 (MDT)
On Mon, 10 May 1999, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> Greetings again !
>
> I have installed a romburner using Xcdroast under RedHat5.2 and would like
> to make a CD of an installed SCO OS->3.2v.4.2 which originally came on
> about 50 floppies. What I want to do is reinstall so I'll have a virginal
> CD copy.
>
> Question:
> How do I make this bootable CD of the SCO OS ?
>
> What command sequence will do it ?
> Do you recommend using other than xcdroast ? Why ?
>
If I remember right, SCO uses a crazy file system for CDs, so you're
probably out of luck. I could be remembering incorrectly, though, as it's
been years since I touched the stuff....
later,
chris
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