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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!psgrain!quack!quack.kfu.com!nsayer From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) Subject: Re: can't mount a sunos4 cd disk using mcd0 Message-ID: <gsq9nQJ@quack.kfu.com> Sender: news@quack.kfu.com (0000-News(0000)) Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest'. References: <3estq0$32t@asia.lm.com> <3evs6e$jc1@martha.utk.edu> <daves.8.00019F7F@interlog.com> Date: 23 Jan 1995 18:17:07 UTC Lines: 20 daves@interlog.com (David Shadoff) writes: >SunOS CD-ROM's in the UFS format are *not* ISO-9660 compatible. They are in a >so-called UFS format, which is apparently their idea of a UNIX file system, >but on a CD device (well, it could happen...). >As far as I know (but I could be wrong), there is no support for this >filesystem type in FreeBSD to-date. Modern SunOS CDs are in a multi partition format. The first partition IS an ISO-9660 partition, with rockridge extensions. The rest of the partitions are UFS and are used for booting. There may exist older SunOS CDs that do not use this format, but since the poster didn't specify which OS version he has, I wouldn't know. -- Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> | Were this a just world, no nation N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM | would be larger than the state +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | of Arizona. URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/ |