Re: cdrom driver

Jim Lemon <[email protected]> Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:38:29 +1100
Newsgroups gmane.os.freedos.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Andreas K. Foerster wrote:
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> Are you sure, that it can legaly be used? I didn't find no licence
> there and in the zip file there's a lot of stuff, that very obviously
> cannot legaly be used!
>
The driver displays a copyright, but there is no indication of any=20
restriction on its use. I appears to be one of those OEM drivers that is=
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handed out as a freebie with new equipment.

Note that I _did_ go through the stuff in the ZIP file and replace all the=
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things that were obviously restricted - all the M$ drivers, for instance.

> I knew how to make bootable CDs. It's described in the documentation of
> mkisofs, which comes with Linux and some othe Unix systems. I already
> made CDs booting Linux.

Indeed, once I had made a bootable CD-ROM, it all seemed so easy, but I=20
can vividly recall producing a lot of drink coasters by misunderstanding=
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one or more of the many necessary steps...

Jim