I'm backing up some data for a friend with my CD burner. Every burn
I've done has been under Linux, and gone to perfection except in one
respect: the filenames always get truncated to that nasty 8.3 format
if the disc is used under Windows. Under Linux it's fine.
I haven't been concerned about this in the past, because anything I
burn is strictly for Linux anyway, but it may not be the same for my
friend. When I do a burn, I use mkisofs and the cdrecord program. I
use cdrecord with the "-R" option to enable Rock Ridge extensions,
which is obviously working since I get the long filenames under
Linux. Doesn't Windows support Rock Ridge? I'm not about to burn a
"Joliet" cd.
On a semi-related, yet trivial note: why do some of the options for
cdrecord begin with a "-" and others do not? For example, the -R
option for Rock Ridge, but the "speed=x" option has no hyphen.
weird.
Thanks,
MG
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Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"They're always havin' a good time down on the bayou,
Lord, them delta women think the world of me."
-- Dickey Betts, "Ramblin' Man"
