[ale] NewbieQ: What image file format to burn a data DVD?

[Jim Popovitch]

Hi John,

I use this mkisofs command line with much success:

   mkisofs -r -J -hide-joliet-trans-tbl -hide-rr-moved 
         -joliet-long -o new.iso /tmp/files

hth,

-Jim P.

On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 10:26 -0400, Mills, John M. wrote:
> ALErs -
> 
> I would like to make a disk-image file and burn it to a DVD that I could
> then mount on other Win and/or Lin systems' DVD-ROM drives. Content is a
> Win32 file system of about 3 Gby.
> 
> Is ISO9660 format usable this way (using 'mkisofs'), or is there some
> program analogous to 'mkisofs' that I should use to make such an image file?
> Will typical Win32 DVD-burning software handle such an image file?
> 
> Any guidance to a beginner appreciated.
> 
> TIA.
>  - John Mills
> 
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