Install CD-R of SOLARIS 8 / long filenames / ISO

Question

Hi all,
First, a precision. I'm french and i don't know if i can explain my
problem, 'cause my english ;((
I've been burning solaris 8 apps to CD, with Easy CD Creator.
When I want to access the install CD under Solaris, the filename appear as
DOS names i.e. with 8 caracters and cut.
So, my SUN Sparc 10 write :
" bad magic number in disk label"
"can't open disk label package"
1/ The problem is it because the filename is too short and cut ?
=> if yes, Is there any way to preserve the long filenames when viewing CD
content?
=> I told Easy CD Creator to not generate Joliet file system but ISO9660,
but it do not allow long filenames under ISO9660 !! ;(((
The resulting CD's are what i explain to you.
The problem is it due to bad filenames ?
2/ So, if that is the reason of my difficulty, How can i do to solve it ?
Thanks for your help.
Laurent
[email protected]

Answer 1

The solaris 8 CDs you've downloaded contains "ISO9660" images already,
so if you're using options like "don't create joliet filenames" in
your CDR software you're obviously generating another ISO9660
filesystem layer around the solaris 8 ISO9660 image. That's wrong.
Your supposed to write these bits directly to a CDR, without creating
a new file tree structure. Check the documentation for your CDR
software how to write a "raw cd image" to a CDR.
Btw. the
Solaris 8 download page contains some explicit instructions
for burning the solaris 8 cds with "Easy CD Creator". In step 7. the
page says:
<pre>
For example, if you use Easy CD Creator, add the extension .iso
to the file name. Next, from the File Menu in the program, select
Create CD from CD image. Then, select that image file.
</pre>