RE: [cobalt-users] Creating OSRCD with windows

["Greg O'Lone" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jay Summers
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 3:11 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Creating OSRCD with windows
> 
> 
> On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 01:01  PM, Gerald Waugh wrote:
> 
> > I have never used windows to build a custom OSRCD, but 
> doesn't windows
> > mangle the filenames?
> 
> I think your right about that one.
> 
> > I am sure you are going to have other problems, AFAIK there 
> are a lot 
> > of
> > filenames that windows won't handle properly.
> >
> > get Linux!
> 
> Speaking of doing this on a Linux system, has anyone 
> attempted building 
> one on a MacOSX machine?
> 
> tia,
> j

Tried the OSX thing first (we didn't have a linux box with a cdr at the
time) and boy did I screw up my Mac! I ran into all kinds of permission
problems because there were files on the cd that were owned by users
reserved by the MacOS. Anyway, it's been about 9 months since we tried
it, maybe things have gotten better since then, but be CAREFUL!

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