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On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 02:42:34PM -0500, David Young wrote:
  | This year I am sponsoring a project for undergraduates in the computer
  | science project course at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  | (UIUC).  The project is to add ISO9660 filesystem support to the
  | makefs(8) utility.  This is your opportunity to send me your requiremen=
ts.
  | The minimal requirements that I have set are these:
  |=20
  |     1 write an ISO9660 filesystem image with RockRidge (UNIX) extensions
  |       for long pathnmaes, file type, access modes, and permissions
  |     2 write the floppy-emulation bootstrap extension that is used on i3=
86

3 write the hard-disk-emulation bootstrap extension that can be used on i386


  | Example requirements: bootable images for sparc and macppc have differe=
nt
  | formats than i386.  Rock Ridge sparse-file support might be nice.
  | Multi-session support?

Most "UNIX workstation" booting is handled by installing the PROM
specific bootblocks & disklabels at the start of the ISO image using
other tools such as disklabel/sunlabel/... (not with mkisofs).

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