Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Jan 1999 22:10:06 +0000 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: CD query |
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Hi Jakub.
>> I've just been answered a curious question that I can't answer, so >> I'm asking it here...together with a supplemental of my own...
>> 1. Can CD's have partition tables?
> They can. Look at Solaris install CDs.
I don't have access to any, sorry...
>> 2. If so, can Win9x or Linux use them?
> Linux cannot use them, AFAIK.
Apparently, they CAN be used under Linux in SOME circumstances, but not in many others - Alan Cox described the situation as "we support them badly". However, I'd love to know more about this...
> It would be a good idea to support them, but it would require > choosing a different major number and different minor numbering > strategy for them.
> The problem is that limiting number of CDs to e.g. 16 is not > possible due to changers where you can have hundreds of CDs > attached to one machine.
That I can understand...
Can I check whether my understanding of the current situation is correct:
1. Most (if not all) multi-changers are SCSI? I'm not aware of any IDE ones.
2. If I put a non-multichanger IDE CD drive on /dev/hdd, would the normal /dev/hdd1 etc scheme work?
Best wishes from Riley.
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