Re: [linuxdc-dev]Burning bootable CD

[M. R. B. <mr...@0x...>]

* edd...@wa... <edd...@wa...> on Wed, Mar 20, 2002:

> > I used an IPBIN file from I think fivemouse.com and one from DCquake.=
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> > Does the IPBIN and firstboot file have to be created together?
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> Yes, they are paired. The IP.BIN file does not only contain data about=20
> the software, it also contains the boot code, which initialises the DC.=
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> For example, you can't use an IP.BIN file from a game (using WinCE or=20
> not) to put in a LinuxDC CD. The code contained is just not the same.
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Yes you can.  What do you think the distributed IP.BIN files contain?  They
contain standard Sega boot code - used by all Dreamcast software.

The only dependancy between IP.BIN and 1ST_READ.BIN (or whatever you decide
to call it) is the boot filename - it must name an existing file.  It doesn=
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matter what you call it as long as it exists.

See http://mc.pp.se/dc/ip.bin.html and http://mc.pp.se/dc/ip0000.bin.html
for further clarification (you can also get an utility from this site to
create custom IP.BIN files).

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> No clue...
> I've got a Yamaha CRW2100S, and before that I had a Yamaha 4416S, and=20
> both did/are doing the job perfectly.
> I can't stress enough the fact that due to the somehow weird (as in=20
> nonstandard) nature of those CDs, I never managed to get one correct=20
> under Windows, regardless of the soft I was using. Switch to Linux, and=
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> try again!
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Um, nonstandard?  DC bootable CDRs are composed of 1 or more Red Book CDDA
audio tracks and 1 Yellow Book CD-XA track.  How is this nonstandard?  Your
"enhanced" Doobie Brothers CD is in the same format.  Older and crippled CD
burners (i.e. Sony) don't support CD-XA in hardware, but any modern burner
should.

M. R.