It is kind of like writing to tape.
The ISO filesystem is the size of the data (plus metadata), no free
space.
Those familiar with mail systems can think of it like the mbox format.
(Though it is a bit more complicated with file indexes, etc.)
On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 14:50 -0500, Doug Hughes wrote:
> Gilbert Wilson wrote:
> >
> > As another LOPSA member pointed out in a direct message, ISO
> > filesystems are read-only. I knew this, but I tried forcing a
> > read/write mount a few days ago anyway to see if I could work around
> > it, but of course, that did not work with "traditional" disk
> > utilities. On MacOS I tried both mount and hdiutil.
> >
> > I'm thinking that there has to be /some/ utility out there that would
> > let someone edit a text file directly on an iso by ignoring or working
> > around the filesystem limitations, but maybe that's wishful thinking.
> >
> >
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--MCP
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