David Silberstein wrote: >On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Jose Marquez wrote: > > > >>Interesting. So, if I don't own a Mac or have Linux, I won't be able >>to read the book on the CD? That sucks. I was hoping to have my cake >>and eat it too. >> >> >> > >Well, Linux *is* available as a free download. I was using a >distribution called "Knoppix", which is the entire OS on a single >bootable CD. But perhaps you don't have access to a broadband >Internet service. > >Which OS *are* you using? > >There may in fact exist some workaround or other to access the >data portion of the CD, but I cannot be certain that the tool or >method will work with what you have unless I know what you have. > > I'm running Windows XP on an Athlon 3200+ processor, 1 GB RAM, with a DVD-ROM and CD-RW. I'm guessing that my video card info would be irrelevant in this case. I do have a DSL connection, but I'd rather not complicate my life with installing Linux on this machine or setting it up as a dual boot machine just to read the CD. I imagine that any workaround would involve the MCP-2 i-trax format mentioned on the back of the CD, but googling these terms didn't get me anything useful. Jose -- Jose Marquez jhereg69 at earthlink.net