RE: UVFAT? (Yes, I remember this being kicked around a while ago.)
Slyglif Cain (slyglif@magerealm.com)
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 08:23:24 -0700
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael H. Warfield [mailto:mhw@wittsend.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 1998 08:11 A
> Subject: Re: UVFAT? (Yes, I remember this being kicked around a
while ago.)
>
> Slyglif Cain enscribed thusly:
>
> > Actually, maybe something similar to Rockridge is the way to go.
> > If in each directory you put a TRANS.TBL file which could contain
>
> Excuse me??? What has TRANS.TBL have to do with Rockridge?
> This is the second time in two weeks that I've seen this silly
> mixup somewhere. TRANS.TBL has nothing to do with Rockridge.
> Rockridge uses the SUSP and RR supplimental records in iso9660
> while TRANS.TBL is simply an ascii mapping table. If you are using
> mkisofs to build your CD image, you will notice that there are two
> totally independent options for Rockridge (-r and -R) or TRANS.TBL
> (-T).
>
> Maybe you are suggesting a TRANS.TBL like scheme but let's not
> insult Rockridge by calling it Rockridge...
No, it is not Rockridge itself, but it is a very common addition to
it. It does contains the ISO <-> RockRidge file names and can be used
in other OS's for a translation.
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