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Accessing an archive on a 2nd CD/DVD

 
Kevin Nikiforuk
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‎08-22-2003 10:43 AM

‎08-22-2003 10:43 AM

Accessing an archive on a 2nd CD/DVD

My original problem is that I cannot create a bootable DVD from an ignite archive since mkisofs cannot handle files > 2Gb.

As a result I want to create a workaround where I have a minimal HP-UX bootable CD/DVD which accesses the archive on a 2nd DVD.

How would I do this?
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Brian Bergstrand
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‎08-22-2003 10:50 AM

‎08-22-2003 10:50 AM

Re: Accessing an archive on a 2nd CD/DVD

I think you would need a second CD/DVD drive, since even if you could force the boot disc to eject, the kernel would still think the device was in use. Not to mention that your utilties couldn't be used since they exist on the first CD (unless you preloaded them AND you have enough memory AND none of them were mmap'd).

Second drive would be the easiest. Can you borrow one from another machine?
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