cant mount udf DVD- Kernel upgrade

Rashkae ubuntu at tigershaunt.com
Sun Aug 24 16:50:13 UTC 2008


Mark Haney wrote:
> Pastor JW wrote:
>> On Saturday 23 August 2008 09:57:43 am Cesar Augusto Suarez wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi.
>>> because i cant mount an UDF DVD because kernel 2.6.24-19-generic doesnt
>>> support it,ie diecide to upgrade  to most recent stable kernel. Idownload a
>>> tool in Master Kernel Thread, the tool ran ok, and its suppose new kernel
>>> is already installed, but when i reboot,,the system says "kernel
>>> 2.6.24-19-generic"
>>> whats the problem?
>>>     
>> I don't see one, 2.6.24-19-generic IS the most recent stable kernel.  
>>
>>
>>   
> Have you tried mounting the DVD directly from the command line?  IE
> 
> 'mount -t iso9660 <DVD device> <mountpoint>'
> 
> With mine sometimes I have to mount certain DVDs that way (mostly 
> because the kernel isn't happy automounting certain udf disks).  Mine 
> works like this:
> 
> mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder
> 
> The ISO9660 is a standard and should work for correctly burned media.
> 
> 


Bad idea.. this will do eeeevil things if your udf happens to have files
larger than 2GB (the limit for iso9660)




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