From owner-freebsd-fs Thu Dec 30 11:20: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mission.mvnc.edu (mission.mvnc.edu [149.143.2.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 085B3153DF; Thu, 30 Dec 1999 11:20:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kdrobnac@mission.mvnc.edu) Received: from localhost (kdrobnac@localhost) by mission.mvnc.edu (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id OAA29326; Thu, 30 Dec 1999 14:19:58 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 14:19:58 -0500 (EST) From: Kenny Drobnack To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: CD-RW long filenames/rw filesystem. Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org A couple weeks ago I got a CD-RW drive, and decided to try it out under all the different OS's I use. In FreeBSD, the only way (it seems) to use it, is grab a bunch of stuff you want to backup/record and use mkisofs and cdrecord to dump it onto a CD. Everything I read seemed to indicate that this method limits you to the 8.3 filename format of iso9660 and all Rockridge does is add file/group permissions and ownership. is there any CD recording utilities/formats that can do long filenames (hopefully with Unix permissions)? Next question. Under Windows, there was a program called Adaptec Direct CD that pretty much allowed you to treat a CD-RW disc as "a really big floppy disk" (I think that was from the docs). You can save a file to the CD-RW and then delete it later if you want to. Would it be possible, or even feasible, to implement something like this in FreeBSD? ----- In computer terms, hardware is the stuff you can hit with a baseball bat, and software is the stuff you can only swear at. -from a web page explaining what hardware, software, and firmware are ---- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-fs Thu Dec 30 12:24:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from orion.ac.hmc.edu (Orion.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0CEF14A1D; Thu, 30 Dec 1999 12:24:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brdavis@orion.ac.hmc.edu) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by orion.ac.hmc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA02115; Thu, 30 Dec 1999 12:23:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 12:23:36 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Kenny Drobnack Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CD-RW long filenames/rw filesystem. Message-ID: <19991230122336.C25831@orion.ac.hmc.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i In-Reply-To: ; from kdrobnac@mission.mvnc.edu on Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 02:19:58PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [Redirected to -questions where it belonged.] On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 02:19:58PM -0500, Kenny Drobnack wrote: > A couple weeks ago I got a CD-RW drive, and decided to try it out under > all the different OS's I use. In FreeBSD, the only way (it seems) to use > it, is grab a bunch of stuff you want to backup/record and use mkisofs and > cdrecord to dump it onto a CD. Everything I read seemed to indicate that > this method limits you to the 8.3 filename format of iso9660 and all > Rockridge does is add file/group permissions and ownership. is there any > CD recording utilities/formats that can do long filenames (hopefully with > Unix permissions)? This is incorrect. Rockridge adds long file names on OSes that support the extensions (i.e. UNIX). If you want them to work with windows you can use mkhybird to add Joliet extensions the disk as well. > Next question. Under Windows, there was a program called Adaptec > Direct CD that pretty much allowed you to treat a CD-RW disc as "a really > big floppy disk" (I think that was from the docs). You can save a file to > the CD-RW and then delete it later if you want to. Would it be possible, > or even feasible, to implement something like this in FreeBSD? It should be possiable, but no one has done it to my knowledge. -- Brooks -- "Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one" --Thomas Jefferson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message