OT: Is there software for burning cross-platform CDs from PC?

[Alan T Litchfield]

But that would mean installing Cygwin first and configuring that  
before being able to write a CD surely? Cracking a walnut with a  
sledgehammer?

See if you can use this on your Windows machine. It comes courtesy of  
the Way Back Machine.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010508115128/http://gamma.nic.fi/ 
~lpesonen/HFVExplorer/Hdexp131.zip

Alan

On 5/02/2010, at 10:17 AM, David Spreadbury wrote:

> Scott,
> Yes there is a Windows tool that will give you HFS+, Joliet, and  
> Rockridge,
> besides the newer version of Roxio, and it is free.
>
> There is a cygwin port of the Unix makeiso utility. I have been  
> using it for
> several years to produce CDs that are destined for cross-platform use.
>
> David Spreadbury
> Sr. Technical Writer
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> quills at airmail.net
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> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: OT: Is there software for burning cross-platform CDs  
> from PC?
>
> You can always use ISO9660 format. Roxio has Roxio Creator 2010 which
> should do this.
>
> But on the whole, no, there are very few Windows programs that will
> format HFS+ format, if any. Windows programs are inherently limited  
> and
> narrow visioned as far as format is concerned.
>
> Of course the Mac you are using is probably around 10 years old.  
> Amazing
> how long it functioned isn't it? And if it is that old it probably
> relies on Appletalk. A more recent OS would integrate seamlessly into
> your ethernet.
>
> Scott
>

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