[CLUE-Tech] CD burning

[Sean LeBlanc]

On 01-29 11:34, Lynn Danielson wrote:

> I think it's the "-l" switch that you need to use.  These are the switches
> I tend to use:  mkisofs -dlLr  or mkisofs -dlJ
> 
> -d to get rid of the trailing dot -l for long file names (UNIX & Windows)
> -L to allow file names beginning w/ dot (UNIX) -r for Rock Ridge
> extensions (UNIX) -J for Joliet extensions (Windows)
> 
> You can make an image with both Rock Ridge & Joliet extensions, but if I'm
> planning to ever use the disc under windows, I just use Joliet.  If it's
> strictly Unix/Linux CD then I use Rock Ridge.

Thanks for the help. Any idea how much extra space it takes to write both
formats? 

Since I already burned the disc with Rock Ridge, does anyone have an idea
how he might be able to read Rock Ridge on Windoze? I tried googling for
some answers, but didn't come up with anything.

He did boot with a Knoppix CD, and was able to see the long filenames, but
was unable to copy them to his HD. He doesn't have Linux installed, and I
don't know if Knoppix will write data (safely) to FAT(32) partitions.

Argh. I thought these problems were ironed out in the past, for some reason.
What sort of standards body comes up with 8.3 filenames, anyway? Argh. And
why didn't the industry agree on just *one* extension?

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