[olug] mkisofs options for DVD mount on Windows
    Eric P 
    eric.maillist at gmail.com
       
    Sun Jun 14 03:31:22 UTC 2009
    
    
  
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>> The -r in mkisofs is for Rock Ridge (for longer Unix file names I think).  I wonder if I need to pass in -J which is 
>> Microsoft's Joliet "file system".  Anyone know for sure?   
> 
> You're exactly right.  It's common to enable both Rock Ridge and Joliet
> for ensuring cross-platform compatibility.  When enabling Joliet with
> -J, you might also use the -hide-joliet-trans-tbl flag to hide some of
> the supporting files that it adds to map the filenames.
> 
I ran with -J.  I didn't use the '-hide-joliet-...' parameter, but everything looked find under Windows XP.  I didn't 
see the Joliet file (TRANS.TBL).
Thanks!
Eric Pierce
    
    
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