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Old 17-03-2004, 21:23
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i did a search on google and found out that using the -sort option in mkisofs doesn't sort the filenames, but it sorts the way the data is written to the cd image.

i can't copy and paste on DC pw browser, but go to google and type, mkisofs README.sort, then scroll down and click the link to the burnatonce forums. the readme is a .txt attachment.

to sum it up. the command line is correct,

-sort sorttxt.txt

the files in the sorttxt are sorted like so,

filename weight

the higher the weight number, the file will be burned first. the lowest number will be burned last. so in most sorttxt files, the 1st_read.bin has a weight of " 1 ", which means it will it burned last on the disc since it has the lowest weight number. so if a sorttxt looked like,

data/1st_read.bin 1
data/file.1 2
data/file.4 3
data/file.2 4
data/file.3 5
data/000dummy.dat 6

then i will be burned like this, first to last,

000dummy.dat
file.3
file.2
file.4
file.1
1st_read.bin

this is what i get by reading the readme. so maybe we are burning it correctly...???
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