Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-23 Thread Joerg Schilling
Andy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I cannot speak for the sofware you used to look at the image. > > In other words you're implying that under no circumstances results > obtained with software of my choice could be possibly right. I cannot confirm your claims as I cannot see any hi

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-23 Thread Andy Polyakov
You used mkisofs incorrectly Command line sequence was *tailored* to allow to produce usable input for *hex editor* in less than minute. Why did you use -C16,xxx? This is definitely wrong. The reason is in the beginning of merge_isofs() in multi.c. In particular for (i=0;i<100;i++) loop. As ar

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-22 Thread Bill Davidsen
Joerg Schilling wrote: Andy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You used mkisofs incorrectly Command line sequence was *tailored* to allow to produce usable input for *hex editor* in less than minute. Why did you use -C16,xxx? This is definitely wrong.

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-22 Thread Joerg Schilling
Andy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You used mkisofs incorrectly > Command line sequence was *tailored* to allow to produce usable input > for *hex editor* in less than minute. > >>> Why did you use -C16,xxx? > >>> > >>> This is definitely wrong. > > The reason is in the be

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-21 Thread Andy Polyakov
You used mkisofs incorrectly Command line sequence was *tailored* to allow to produce usable input for *hex editor* in less than minute. Why did you use -C16,xxx? This is definitely wrong. The reason is in the beginning of merge_isofs() in multi.c. In particular for (i=0;i<100;i++) loop. As

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-21 Thread Joerg Schilling
Andy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exhibit #7. 'isoinfo -l -T -i /dev/dvd' output for same recording: > > Directory listing of / > d- 000 2048 May 20 2008 [2621639 02] . > d- 000 2048 May 20 2008 [2621639 02] .. > -- 00

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-21 Thread Joerg Schilling
Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The second step will be to make retained multi-extent files correclty in > > the > > next session. > > > > If there is a remaining problem, lets see. > > > > > I have no problem with following correct steps in order. I think there's > a proble

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-20 Thread Bill Davidsen
Joerg Schilling wrote: Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Only a setting up correct multi-extent file directory entry will work correctly. I'm curious how you handle the case where the file shrinks and no longer needs multi-extent. I hope that's clear, I don't have a better

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-20 Thread Joerg Schilling
Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Only a setting up correct multi-extent file directory entry will work > > correctly. > > > > I'm curious how you handle the case where the file shrinks and no longer > needs multi-extent. I hope that's clear, I don't have a better > description at

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-20 Thread Bill Davidsen
Joerg Schilling wrote: Andy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You used mkisofs incorrectly Command line sequence was *tailored* to allow to produce usable input for *hex editor* in less than minute. Why did you use -C16,xxx? This is definitely wrong. Why I ev

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-20 Thread Joerg Schilling
Andy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> You used mkisofs incorrectly > >> Command line sequence was *tailored* to allow to produce usable input > >> for *hex editor* in less than minute. > > > > Why did you use -C16,xxx? > > > > This is definitely wrong. > > Why I even bothered to report

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-20 Thread Andy Polyakov
>>> You used mkisofs incorrectly >> Command line sequence was *tailored* to allow to produce usable input >> for *hex editor* in less than minute. > > Why did you use -C16,xxx? > > This is definitely wrong. Why I even bothered to report this? To be told that I can't use multi-sessioning options

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-20 Thread Joerg Schilling
Andy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You used mkisofs incorrectly > > Command line sequence was *tailored* to allow to produce usable input > for *hex editor* in less than minute. Why did you use -C16,xxx? This is definitely wrong. BTW: isoinfo gives you all information you need in ord

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-20 Thread Andy Polyakov
addresses for old files. No. What apparently happens is following. As mkisofs -M reads 1st.iso it runs across two directory records describing two extents of 5G.0. As it pays no attention to ISO_MULTIEXTENT flag, it treats these two extents as two files with same name. Then it discovers name confl

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-19 Thread Joerg Schilling
"Thomas Schmitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > 5G.0;1 0x804GB-2KB X > > 5G.0;1 0x005GB-(4GB-2KB) X+0x20-1 > > as an interested bystander i wonder how > it is about general mountability of this > image. Is this supported in contemporary > Linux ? A

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-19 Thread Joerg Schilling
Andy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $ ./mkisofs -v > mkisofs 2.01.01a39 ... > > Consider creating say 5GiB file and mastering an image: > > $ touch 5G.0 > $ perl -e 'truncate("5G.0",5*1024*1024*1024)' > $ ./mkisofs -iso-level 3 5G.0 > 1st.iso > > One does not have to wait till mkisofs compl

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-19 Thread Andy Polyakov
>> 5G.0;1 0x804GB-2KB X >> 5G.0;1 0x005GB-(4GB-2KB) X+0x20-1 > > as an interested bystander i wonder how > it is about general mountability of this > image. Is this supported in contemporary > Linux ? Define "supported." Multi-extent files are recognized by

Re: mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-19 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > 5G.0;1 0x804GB-2KB X > 5G.0;1 0x005GB-(4GB-2KB) X+0x20-1 as an interested bystander i wonder how it is about general mountability of this image. Is this supported in contemporary Linux ? Have a nice day :) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

mkisofs -M makes no attempt to reconstruct multi-extent files

2008-05-19 Thread Andy Polyakov
$ ./mkisofs -v mkisofs 2.01.01a39 ... Consider creating say 5GiB file and mastering an image: $ touch 5G.0 $ perl -e 'truncate("5G.0",5*1024*1024*1024)' $ ./mkisofs -iso-level 3 5G.0 > 1st.iso One does not have to wait till mkisofs completes, just press ctrl-c as soon as progress indicator goe

RE: appending to iso image file (was: mkisofs -M)

2000-09-05 Thread Brian Perkins
JP> the -path-list option was added to version 1.12 and is in the v1.12 man page ... http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/man/mkisofs-1.12.html -path-list does not appear anywhere on *that* page - maybe it exists on *another* 1.12 page??? -- To UNSUBS

RE: appending to iso image file (was: mkisofs -M)

2000-09-04 Thread schilling
>From: Brian Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >JP> you can use the -path-list option. >The only link I had for the mkisofs man page was to 1.12 and the >"-path-list" option isn't there. When I tried to find it and couldn't, I >became suspicious. I just found the 1.13 page and am very happy I sen

Re: appending to iso image file (was: mkisofs -M)

2000-09-04 Thread James Pearson
>The only link I had for the mkisofs man page was to 1.12 and the >"-path-list" option isn't there. When I tried to find it and couldn't, I >became suspicious. I just found the 1.13 page and am very happy I sent my >post to this list. Hmm, strange, although it's not that important - the -pat

RE: appending to iso image file (was: mkisofs -M)

2000-09-02 Thread Brian Perkins
My apologies! JP> you can use the -path-list option. The only link I had for the mkisofs man page was to 1.12 and the "-path-list" option isn't there. When I tried to find it and couldn't, I became suspicious. I just found the 1.13 page and am very happy I sent my post to this list. Much o

Re: appending to iso image file (was: mkisofs -M)

2000-09-02 Thread James Pearson
>At this point, I just want to create a single session image file. But, not >all the files will exist in the same directory and they will be small and >numerous. Can't see the problem - mkisofs will allow you to have multiple source directories on the command line. If you have lots of source dir

appending to iso image file (was: mkisofs -M)

2000-09-02 Thread Brian Perkins
Hi James, Thanks for the quick reply! (And... YES, it does help!) However, it raises a new question... Just how *DO* I append files to an existing ISO image session? JP>mkisofs does not write anything to a CD. Thanks, but I don't recall saying anything about writing to a CD... yet. ;~) At

Re: mkisofs -M

2000-09-01 Thread James Pearson
>Can someone clarify the use of the "-M" switch please? > >Does the "-M" option append files/directories to the existing session in the sp >ecified ISO image? >Or, does it append a new session for the output image? > >The man page appears to be saying the first, but isn't entirely clear. The last

mkisofs -M

2000-09-01 Thread Brian Perkins
Hello, Can someone clarify the use of the "-M" switch please? Does the "-M" option append files/directories to the existing session in the specified ISO image? Or, does it append a new session for the output image? The man page appears to be saying the first, but isn't entirely clear. Thx, Br