UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Some DVDs contain two filesystems [1], hence
> > mountable as either hsfs
> > and udfs. fstyp returns the first match, and that's
> > what HAL will use.
> > One fix would be to treat these in the same fashion
> > we treat hybrid
> > data+audio media, i.e. pop a dialog asking for user's
> > preference. A
> > simpler but less generic fix would be in HAL: if
> > libfstyp returns hsfs,
> > call it again to check for udfs [2]. If anyone is
> > willing to contribute
> > code [3], I'll happily sponsor.
>
> Why can't HAL simply cycle through the media, and mount ALL filesystems it
> finds on it?
This looks like a really good idea!
In our case, HAL would need to mount:
- ISO-9660 (with Rock Ridge if present)
- Joliet
- UDF
as there could be three different directory trees on the medium.
The question would be how to handle the recognition of Joliet which is not
an own filesystem type.
Jörg
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