Sun CDROM discs.

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2 total messages Started by S.A.McIntyre Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:49

#1940

Author: S.A.McIntyre
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:49

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A local Sun user wants to take a look at a CDROM that Sun sent him, but  
when I put it in the NeXT CD-ROM drive it spins round a few times, then  
ejects with a console message that the disk is unwriteable...

Should the NeXT beable to read a Sun CDrom?  Or is that in some sort of a  
clever Sun specific format?

Thanks,

Scott

Re: Sun CDROM discs.

#1956

Author: Paul Verket
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 01:22

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S.A.McIntyre@durham.ac.uk wrote:
: 
: A local Sun user wants to take a look at a CDROM that Sun sent him, but  
: when I put it in the NeXT CD-ROM drive it spins round a few times, then  
: ejects with a console message that the disk is unwriteable...
: 
: Should the NeXT beable to read a Sun CDrom?  Or is that in some sort of a  
: clever Sun specific format?

Unfortunately, most Sun CDs are the same format as a Sun hard disk, 4.2
BSD. This makes it unreadable on the NeXT. Sun's original CDrom demo
disk was in a "standard" format and can be read on the NeXT and even a
Mac.

Paul Verket (NeXTmail ok)

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