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List:       sidewinder
Subject:    RE: [Sidewinder] re: Mounting IDE CD-ROM?
From:       "Mickey S. Olsberg" <molsberg () hotmail ! com>
Date:       2001-11-19 15:35:53
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Not to be the naysayer, but XPs drag and drop is a form of Adaptec's
(now Roxio's) DirectCD, which has never been ISO compatible, primarily
because it formats the disc and treats it as a removable r/w drive. Just
wanted to bat down one that *isn't* Microsoft's fault.

And no, I don't work for Microsoft, nor am I a Winblows geek.

Mick

-----Original Message-----
From: sidewinder-admin@adeptech.com
[mailto:sidewinder-admin@adeptech.com] On Behalf Of
adamt@clearview.co.uk
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 2:13 AM
To: sidewinder@adeptech.com
Subject: [Sidewinder] re: Mounting IDE CD-ROM?


When I want to mount a CD-ROM on our (or any of our customers)
Sidewinders I'm afraid I usually cheat, and initiate a package command.
Execute

'package -L -interactive'

with no cd-rom in the drive.  The first question it will ask is if the
package is on cd-rom, say yes and you will see an error message which
tells you the device, and the specific mount command it is using
(mount_cd9660).

NB If you put the updates onto an ISO formatted CD-ROM (most burning
programs will support this, except Windows XP drag and drop SUPRISE
SUPRISE!), into a sub-directory called packages then you can just use
the package command shown above WITH the cd in the drive.

Adam Thompson


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