Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: CDROM driver does not support Linux partition tables | From | (Måns Rullgård) | Date | 11 Sep 2002 23:30:49 +0200 |
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Phil Stracchino <alaric@babcom.com> writes:
> > 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? > > (The particular case in which this came up is someone who has a Sun box > without a CDROM drive in it, and wants to use a Linux box as a jumpstart > server, but can't because the Linux box can't read beyond the first > slice on the CD.)
Can the disk be copied to a file or hard disk and mounted there?
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