[Info-vax] LDDriver, Tools to create ISO

[David J Dachtera]

Michael Austin wrote:
> 
> Okay, I have gone through most all of the pages available on CD/ISO9660
> and VMS pages and cannot find this.
> 
> I have DS10L - no CD
> I have VMS Software Distribution CD's
> 
> The only tool (freeware ISOcreator, LCISO, CD Burner XP Pro, Nero
> Express) that I have been able to even start the ISO creation process is
> Nero and it only creates a .NRG file.  I copied this over, the LDDriver
> connects, but I can only mount/foreign and cannot see any files from it...
> 
> So, the question is:
> how do I get an ODS-2 CD from a Weendoze PC to a VMS box and be able to
> mount it? Remember I DO NOT HAVE A CD ON A VMS BOX.

Google for a piece of freeware called "CD2ISO". There is also now
"DVD2ISO". They rip the track directly from the disc without trying to
break it down into its component parts.

The VMS equivalent is:

$ MOUNT/FOREIGN ddcu:
$ COPY ddcu: DISK_IMAGE.ISO
$! Copy completes with an error complaining about 
$! illegal block number, but the target file is complete
$! and intact.
$ DISM ddcu:

The UN*X equivalent would be some variation on:

$ dd if=/dev/cdrom of=disk_image.iso

Then, you can FTP it over to your VMS machine (remember to transfer as
binary) and ...
$ LD CONN DISK_IMAGE.ISO LDAn:

D.J.D.