[Info-vax] UPDATED: Finally - it works...

[Jur van der Burg]

 > created an NRG file and copied to VMS box... ~6hrs...

An NRG file is different from an ISO file. NERO can create ISO files too.

Jur.

Michael Austin wrote, On 17-Mar-09 03:32:
> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article <49bebc5b$0$8975$703f8584 at news.kpn.nl>, Wilm Boerhout 
>> <w6.boerhout at planet.nl> writes:
>>> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG vaguely mentioned on 16-3-2009 20:23:
>>>
>>>> On Weendoze:
>>>> ===========
>>>> Play SOLITAIRE while the above operations ensue.
>>> or, use http://www.magiciso.com/ to create your ISO file and then 
>>> proceed with LD as stated...
>>
>> The point I was trying to make is that it can be accomplished natively 
>> on Mac OSX and Linux.  It looks like in order to do this on a WEENDOZE
>> box, one needs to have 3rd party software and, in the case of the soft-
>> ware you indicated, and addition $29.95 expediture.
>>
> 
> 
> UPDATE:
> created an NRG file and copied to VMS box... ~6hrs...
> 
> %$#%@$#%@
> 
>  mount/over=id lda11
> %MOUNT-F-NOHOMEBLK, Files-11 home block not found on volume
> -MOUNT-I-VOLIDENT, label = '............', owner = '............', 
> format = '...
> .........'
> 
> 
> found a unix script to
> 
> dd if=.nrg of=.iso bs=4096 skip=75
> 
> and because I have the Cygwin shell, I had access to dd.
> 
> Copied over the .iso file
> ld connect isofile lda10
> mount/over=id lda10
> Wooohoo.. got software disk..
> 
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