Messages in this thread | | | From | Alex Kiernan <> | Subject | Re: (Official) High-Sierra documentation? | Date | 13 Nov 1996 09:11:37 GMT |
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In linux.dev.kernel . Tethys " SYSTEM ADMIN " X <tethys@lonnds.ml.com> wrote:
>>Does anybody know where I can find the (maybe official) documentation >>of the High-Sierra filesystem for cdroms? It's NOT ISO9660.
>Are you sure about this? My understanding was that the High Sierra >filesystem was the standard filesystem for CD-ROMS when they first >came out. ISO then adopted it as their standard since it was the >most widespread FS in use on CD-ROMS. In its formats section, the >CD-R FAQ (http://www.cd-info.com/CDIC/Technology/CD-R/FAQ.html) says:
> ISO 9660 > file layout standard (formerly called High Sierra)
>Tet
They're very similar, but not identical, same thing goes for CD-I discs, they're almost ISO9660, but sufficiently different that it matters (one day I really will get around to making the Linux ISO9660 fs understand them...).
Alex -- Alex Kiernan - alex@hisoft.co.uk HiSoft Systems, The Old School, Greenfield, Bedford, MK45 5DE, UK http://www.hisoft.co.uk Tel: +44 1525 718181 Fax: +44 1525 713716
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