[Info-vax] InfoServer 150

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/27/19 11:27 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Bill Gunshannon  <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 1/27/19 7:56 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>> Bill Gunshannon  <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> THIS is why you should use the command line.
>>>>
>>>> The command line can't make the file format correct.
>>>
>>> There is no file fomat.  It's just bits.
>>
>> Apparently there is because they get rejected for not being
>> recognizable.  If all they are just a stream of bits, what
>> is it trying to recognize?.
> 
> As I have said three times now, it's looking for an ISO or other
> recognizable filesystem.  The normal command line tools do not do this.
> The gui is dumbed down to prevent people from making mistakes doing common
> operations.

Based on my attempt to read the 20 page long man page trying to use the
command line tool is guaranteed to result in mistakes.

> 
> The normal command line tools will let you copy a text file to a CD-R
> image perfectly well if you want, even.

Sure all you have to do is know what device=2,1 means and other really
esoteric options.

bill