>> -- I ftp all Slakware35 tree from my server with ws-ftp95 which
>> has no problem with all long filename at all.
>> -- I tried to create file like "my.first.file.txt" in windows98
>> (fat32) and it allowed.
>> *** But When I tried to write slakware Linux file like
>> autoconfig.tar.gz the software did not allow me to do that at all. How can
>> I solve this problem? I know it's the Easy CD creater problem.
>
>That's a standard limitation of the iso9660 filesystem. To get around it,
>use the long names option with mkisofs (linux). And I have never seen any
>use for the RockRidge extentions (except to create those ugly and virtually
>useless TRANS.TBL files). Also enable the Joliet extentions.
RockRidge doesn't create TRANS.TBL files -- that's mkisofs. RockRidge is
an extension to ISO9660 that allows for Posix semantics. This lets you
use long filenames and have ownership and traditional Unix permissions
for files on the CD, as well as allowing block and character devices.
Hardly useless, IMHO, and essential if you want to have a live filesystem
on CD with a poulated /dev. The TRANS.TBL is an optional extra, and has
to be explicitly specified with the -T option to mkisofs. It's a simple
text file describing the mapping between the correct filename and the
munged 8.3 filename that non-RockRidge aware OSes will see when reading
the CD.
Although the ISO9660 spec allows up to 32 characters in a filename, this
isn't always enough (e.g., the file ghostscript-fonts-other-5.10.tar.gz).
RockRidge allows, IIRC, 256 characters, and certain OSes can't even read
the full 32 characters anyway. Using RockRidge will create a more
portable CD, able to be read more widely. I'd recommend using it...
Tet
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