>I have been using the command: > mkisofs -J -v -l -r -o file.iso directory
> to create an iso image for burning to cd. Never had any problem with it > until recently when a couple of my friends started complaining that they > were unable to read those cds in windows. > Upon investigating, I found that 'mkisofs' has been replaced by > 'genisoimage' and 'cdrecord' by 'wodim'. Also, > "isoinfo -f -R -J -i image.iso" produces the following output: > === > ../ > **BAD RRVERSION (0) > **BAD RRVERSION (0) > / > === > No files are listed. If I burn the iso, I am able to mount the cd and It is unlikely that the original software has this problem. If you read the Debian bug list for 'genisoimage', you will find several bug Joliet related bug reports that are unique to the fork. > read the files without any problem in linux. A google search for the > error message took me to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cdrkit/+bug/57796 This is not related mkisofs but to Apple software and the Linux kernel. > but it appears to be unrelated to my experience. > What should I do to ensure that my cd is readable on both linux and windows? Go back to maintained recent original software. ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/ The latest snapshot usually is in the "schily" source consolidation at: ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily/ Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uni) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
