2002-11-01 10:05:30

by Nikita Shulga

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Subject: ISOFS question

Hi!
Is it planned(or already impleneted) to support CD with (blocksize != 2^n)?
As far as I know this is the main problem why I can't simply mount VCD?
Thanks in advance,
Nikita
P.S. I'm not a member of list, so plz, CC your answer to me


2002-11-01 12:58:22

by Ben Collins

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Subject: Re: ISOFS question

On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 05:46:10AM -0800, Nikita Shulga wrote:
> Hi!
> Is it planned(or already impleneted) to support CD with (blocksize != 2^n)?
> As far as I know this is the main problem why I can't simply mount VCD?
> Thanks in advance,
> Nikita
> P.S. I'm not a member of list, so plz, CC your answer to me

Errm, if I know my formats (which I might not) you can't mount a VCD
because it is just mpeg written to a track, not ISOFS or any sort of FS
at all.

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2002-11-01 14:10:15

by Ben Collins

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Subject: Re: ISOFS question

On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 09:13:25AM -0800, Nikita Shulga wrote:
> ? ?????? ?? Friday 01 November 2002 05:03 ?? ????????:
> > Errm, if I know my formats (which I might not) you can't mount a VCD
> > because it is just mpeg written to a track, not ISOFS or any sort of FS
> > at all.
> That's not right! Try mount VCD with iso9660 - you'll se directory structure..
> Or you can look at source code of vcdxrip ...
> Or(the worst case) you can insert your VCD into Windows BOX and browse CD-ROM
> icon - you'll see several dir's and files
> The problem is(as far as I understand) is that Linux kernel ISOFS can't work
> properly with 2336 sector sizes
> Best...,
> Nikita

That's just the header. AFAIK, the actual data is raw on track two.

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