Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: CDROM driver does not support Linux partition tables | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 11 Sep 2002 22:28:35 +0100 |
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On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 22:19, Phil Stracchino wrote: > > A deficiency in the Linux CDROM driver was just brought to my attention. > Even on a kernel configured with support for UFS and Sun partition > tables, it doesn't appear to be possible to mount any but the first > slice of a Sun CDROM containing multiple slices. Essentially, it seems > that Solaris partition table support doesn't trickle down to the CDROM > driver. > > Is this something that's supposed to happen, and is there a reason why > it's not supported, or is it simply that no-one has asked for it to be > supported and/or no-one has gotten around to implementing it because of > lack of demand?
It ought to be supportable on scsi cd or with ide-scsi. ide-cd has no minor space for partitioning, ide-scsi/sr do support partitions.
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