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to: David Drummond
from: Pascal Schmidt
date: 2004-01-26 21:48:54
subject: It`s Alive!! It`s Alive!! Oh - it died!

Hi David! :-)

 DD> Ah - I don't believe I've ever seen a Rockridge CD.
Most discs nowadays (at least Linux distribution discs) are mastered to
support both formats - they do coexist nicely. Both are basically
additional full directory structures giving filenames and extra attributes.

 DD> Do MS OSs read it?
I wouldn't think so. You'd just get the short ISO9660 names. Those are
always there, even if the OS doesn't support the additional information
provides by Joliet and/or Rockridge.

Sometimes, on a Rockridge disc, you'll find files called TRANS.TBL. These
hold information to aid non-RR operating system users. For example, if
there are symlinks on the filesystem, the TRANS.TBL file lists the
destination name. These can be hidden from the Joliet-style directories,
though, so you may not be able to see them in Windows.

Ciao
Pascal

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