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- Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!cyantic!mark
- From: mark@cyantic.com (Mark T. Dornfeld)
- Subject: Re: CD-ROM causes system panic
- Organization: CYANTIC Systems
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 13:06:58 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.130658.4752@cyantic.com>
- References: <Bz64Lt.9z1@world.std.com>
- Lines: 34
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- In article <Bz64Lt.9z1@world.std.com> ferguson@world.std.com (Jon E Ferguson) writes:
- >When I mount the Jewel of the Matrix CR-ROM, the Workspace refuses to
- >show me any of the files. When I look at it from a terminal window,
- >I can get directory listings, but they are messed up: There is no
- >".." directory, instead there is a directory named "?". The rest
- >of the files in a directory are all lowercase, and truncated after
- >a dozen characters or so.
- >
- >The fun part is, if I try to read any of the files in any way, I
- >get a system panic.
- >
- >At first I though it was just a messed up disk (though I found this hard
- >to believe). Then I tried mounting an old Next Demonstration Software
- >CD-ROM (Q3 1991), and as soon as the system mounted it, I got a system
- >panic.
- >
- >I am able to read my 3.0 and Educational Software Sampler CD-ROMs
- >just fine, so I am inclined to believe it has something to do with
- >the format of the other two disks (Rock-Ridge extensions perhaps?).
- >
- >Has anyone else been having trouble reading specific CD-ROMs?
- >Has anyone else ordered the Jewel of the Matrix CD-ROM, and were
- >you able to read it?
-
- I have tried reading several CD's for Sun with no success. The Workspace
- just spits them back out with no information as to why.
-
- I have seen much discussion, but little good information concerning this
- problem.
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