[Techtalk] Problem's mounting a window's filesystem?

Stratis Aftousmis stratus at ccsi.com
Thu Sep 25 20:00:02 EST 2003


> On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:39:00 -0500 (CDT)
> "Stratis Aftousmis" <stratus at ccsi.com> wrote:
>
>> I didn't know that. I thought if you burned a cd in window's, and the
>> filesystem was FAT32, it would be like making a ISO image before
>> buring a cd in Linux.
>
> Nope :-) At least I'm pretty sure about this. CDs use CDFS (cd
> filesystem). You'll see it called iso9660 under linux. There are a few
> tricks you can use to make it look like a windows filesystem (ie with
> long file names etc). One of those tricks is called Joliet, and can be
> enabled or disabled during the burn process. But the underlying CD is
> still CDFS (iso9669) no matter what it looks like. (Audio cds are a
> slighty different kettle of fish)

Thank's for the info.
>
>> I use Slackware 8.1, kernel 2.4.18
>> the command i used the first time:
>>
>> mount $cdrw && cd /mnt/cdrom && ls
>>
>> after:
>>
>> mount -r $cdrw && cd /mnt/cdrom && ls
>
> Is the $cdrw a slackware thing? Or is it simply a shell variable that
> you've got defined somewhere? On the surface there looks to be nothing
> wrong with what you're doing. I'm guessing its able to do the ls because
> the file index on the cd is fine, but when it goes to access the actual
> files (reading them) it borks cause there's something wrong with the cd.

'$cdrw' is a shell variable.
>
> I have to admit I don't really know what the answer is. I've seen the
> exact same problem you're describing (hang on copy from cd). In my case
> it was a problem with the CD - reburning it fixed the issue. If that's
> not an option in your case, can you try the cd in a different drive or
> in a different machine?
>
> Hamster

At this point, with all the confustion here, i'm thinking user error.

But thank's for the reply.

stratis.
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