Hello,

Recently we created an ISO of Oracle 11g software on our Linux host. (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SP2).

The command used for this is ,

mkisofs -ldots -o oracle_x86_11g.iso database/

The iso when burn on a DVD drive WIN XP machine,all seems ok except one of the scripts name got truncated.

Original Name : runInstaller
After CD writing : runinsta

Why ? and how do we avoid it.

Let me tell you that its not the case where WIN XP is showing such name. The name got truncated in the ISO itself. This is how I verified it. By mounting the ISO on /mnt

mount -o loop -t iso9660 oracle_x86_11g.iso /mnt

ls -lrt /mnt
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2911 Aug 3 2007 runinsta

I am not sure if any other files are also truncated .

Please suggest.

Thanx
admin

Need to add the "-l" flag when running mkisofs.

From the man page:


-l Allow full 31 character filenames. Normally the ISO9660 file-
name will be in an 8.3 format which is compatible with MS-DOS,
even though the ISO9660 standard allows filenames of up to 31
characters. If you use this option, the disc may be difficult
to use on a MS-DOS system, but this comes in handy on some other
systems (such as the Amiga). Use with caution.