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- From: aclark@netcom.com (Al Clark)
- Subject: Re: CD-ROM ISO 9660 format...can my system deal with it?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.201329.25372@netcom.com>
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- References: <C0Ez6A.LDE@dweomer.org> <1993Jan6.184715.14693@odin.corp.sgi.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 20:13:29 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.184715.14693@odin.corp.sgi.com> mccauley@phaeton.asd.sgi.com (Jay McCauley) writes:
- >In article <C0Ez6A.LDE@dweomer.org>, brian@dweomer.org (Brian Taylor)
- >writes:
- >|> I'm interested in ordering the GNU CD-ROM that was just released, but
- >|> due to some articles in comp.sys.mips a while ago, I'm concerned that
- >|> my system (a MIPS MAGNUM 4000-PC50 running RISCos 5.0B) couldn't deal
- >|> with the format. Specifically, I read somewhere that the CD-ROM that
- >|> came with some (all?) MIPs systems is only for distributing their own
- >|> media and almost useless for other things.
- >Yup, unfortunate, but true. ISO 9660 was "on the list" as a possible
- >future effort. There is 9660 support in a CD-ROM kit marketed by what
- >was our specials group (I lost track of the names at the last reorg;-).
- >It's kinda expensive, though.
- >|>
- >|> Can anyone confirm or deny this? Also, if anyone has any information
- >|> on incorporating an ISO-9660 filesystem into my kernel, that would also
- >|> be most appreciated (thus the Xpost to alt.cd-rom)!
- >MONDO HARD! Incorporating file systems is not for the faint of heart!
- >You'd need a source license to begin with (yes, I guess it's theoretically
- >possible to do it without one, as the vnode interface is pretty standard).
- >This is a pretty major undertaking, probably a couple of person months
- >to get anything worth using.
- >
- >The way SGI does it for IRIX is via an external daemon, I believe. If
- >you have access to one of the IRIX systems, you could copy the stuff over.
- >
-
- Note that Linux for 386/486 systems supports CD-ROM ISO 9660 format.
- And the source is available (under the GPL, of course).
- --
- Al - aclark@netcom.com - My opinions are my own.
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