Cross Platform CD Rom

What's the best way to create an autorun cd that will work on
both PC and Mac? Are there any good tutorials on this out there?
I'm pretty experienced with Flash but new to CD Rom develpment so
if someone could just point me in the right direction I should be
able to figure it out from there.
Thanks!

Hi
Yes there is !!
Read this
http://www.flashjester.com/?section=faq&cPath=14_23#215
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>I promised to send a website, with internal links
preserved, to a client
>using
> Windows. I'm using a Mac, but have Boot Camp/XP as well.
>
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> it
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> on
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chakradude wrote:
> I work on an Imac on os X. I need to make screensavers
for cross platform
> (win/mac) distribution. I have flash 8 pro. Is there any
viable solution
> cheaper than the $200 for "Iscreensaver" or $300 for
"screentime" softwares?
> Failing that, does anyone have a preference between the
two? do you know if
> they allow flash interactivity or just animation?
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