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The dummy file isn't necessary to boot the game. It's only purpose it so push the data files toward the outside edge of the disc. Since the GD-ROM is a CAV drive (Constant Angular Velocity), it spins faster as it reaches the edge of the disc, and you can get more data throughput when the data is near the edge of the disc. This helps prevent graphic dropouts in some fast games like Crazy Taxi.
So far everything you've done sounds like what I do for self-boots. I use CDRECORD because I was having problems with CDRWin and just feel more comfortable with cdrecord. My msinfo number is also 11702 after the audio track.
You still need to use BINHACK, even though you have a WINCEOS.BIN. Let BINHACK do what it needs to, it will ignore the WINCEOS file and won't try to hack it. After you complete everything and make the ISO using mkisofs.exe, are you remembering to patch the IP.BIN back into the ISO?
I've succeeded in making self-boots of WINCEOS.BIN-type games.
If you want to convert the game to non-boot, you need to take the IP.BIN and WINCEOS.BIN files, and run BINHACK with offsets of 0,0 (instead of 0,11702), and make sure your IP.BIN and WINCEOS.BIN are copied back to the data folder. Then just burn a MODE-2, CD-XA session with that data, and be sure to close the session (and maybe the disc??)
I've done this as well - converted Wacky Races to non-boot because the DC kept resetting when trying to boot it. Of course there were larger problems with Wacky Races - like the sound samples were out of sync with the action...
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