[kde-linux] two faced CD

Dale dalek at exceedtech.net
Wed Feb 7 09:11:16 UTC 2007


Sylviane et Perry White wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 February 2007 20:09, Andrew Walbran wrote:> On Wednesday 07 February 2007 7:38 am, Sylviane et Perry White wrote:> > Hi,> >> > The same CD looks very different if viewed from M$ (XP)  or Linux> > (suse 9.1, kde 3.4.0)> > Some files are only visible visible in explorer or listed with "dir",> > while others are only visible in konk or listed with "ls"> >> > Can anybody explain (output of dir and ls below)?> > Note that I don't need the files, I'm just curious to know.>> My guess would be that the CD contains both an ISO9660 partition (for> Windows) and an HFS partition (for MacOS) which you are seeing under Linux.> What is the output of 'mount', when the CD is mounted?Thanks for answer, the relevant line is:/dev/hdc on /media/GeTax2006 type subfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=hfs)That confirms your guess.Also the CD is "rw", could that play a role?
> I still feel uneasy knowing Linux does not tell me the whole truth about a CD (neither does M$)Any pointers about that?Why does detection of HFS partition prevent detection of other?
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> Thanks		Perry
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Maybe try to mount it manually using the specific file system you want
it to see.  I'm not sure you can mount it in two places with different
file systems though. 

Dale

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