On Mon 3 November 2003 00:06, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > But can a file span multiple extents? The way I read the > > comment Gary quoted, it's legal to have an image that is over > > 2GB in size, as long as each file inside that image is no > > larger than 2GB. > > Careful - the comment was about mkisofs, although it was in the > kernel source. It definitely says file*systems* >2GB are legal, > otherwise it says mkisofs can't handle single *files* >2GB - that > doesn't necessarily mean they're illegal. The comment may also be > old and no longer true for current versions of standards.
Good point. [...] > > That seems to me like > > the only logical way to explain why the comment says it's > > legal, but the code claims it's illegal to have files that are > > more than 2GB in size. > > You're mixing up file with filesystem here? Erm, actually, what I said doesn't make sense at all. Never mind... > > so apparently at least someone looked at ISO Level 3 support. > > I'd say send a message to linux-kernel and see what they say > > about it... > > Yes, together with a raft of other iso9660 issues :( > > Perhaps mkisofs is now able to handle files >2GB, the lack of a > suitable error when creating the filesystem does suggest so. > However, for Linux that's a moot point as Linux doesn't handle > >2GB, but mkisofs isn't only used on Linux. Thanks Gary for the > warning about that. Linux in general does have large file support now doesn't it? Incidentally, I had a quick look at the same file in 2.6.0-test9, but apart from adding support for compressed iso9660 filesystems (zisofs?) and some stuff apparently to do with multisession handling nothing much seems to have changed here. Lourens -- GPG public key: http://home.student.utwente.nl/l.e.veen/lourens.key
