cant mount udf DVD- Kernel upgrade

Rashkae ubuntu at tigershaunt.com
Mon Aug 25 13:33:02 UTC 2008


Mark Haney wrote:
> Rashkae wrote:
>> Mark Haney wrote:
> 
>>
>> Bad idea.. this will do eeeevil things if your udf happens to have files
>> larger than 2GB (the limit for iso9660)
>>
> 
> I have done this without trouble for a couple of years now without 
> trouble on files much larger than 2GB.  However, I rather doubt this 
> would be a problem in his case, since, except for my job, I rarely have 
> files larger than 2GB on DVD.
> 
> However, I do concede the point that is /can/ be bad, but I've yet to 
> have trouble with it within the recent past.
> 
> 

Oh, I'll have to try this for myself.  I was under the distinct
impression that a FS mounted with iso FS would stop reading a file after
2GB... My apologies if I spread outdated misinformation.






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