Re: CD query

Jakub Jelinek (jj@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz)
Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:16:03 +0100 (CET)


>
> Hi there.
>
> I've just been answered a curious question that I can't answer, so I'm
> asking it here...together with a supplemental of my own...
>
> 1. Can CD's have partition tables?

They can. Look at Solaris install CDs.
>
> 2. If so, can Win9x or Linux use them?

Linux cannot use them, AFAIK.
It would be a good idea to support them, but it would require choosing a
different major number and different minor numbering strategy for them.
The problem is that limiting number of CDs to e.g. 16 is not possible due to
changers where you can have hundreds of CDs attached to one machine.

Cheers,
Jakub
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Administrator of SunSITE Czech Republic, MFF, Charles University
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