[Linux4christians] Problem viewing a CD Disc on linux

[Raoul Snyman]

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On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:37:03 -0500, Johnny <linuxhamuser at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have tried viewing the CD's thru terminal cd /media/cdrom0, Gnome
> Commander, MC (Midnight Commander), Nautilus, I have tried all of these
> and they still show missing chapters with Ubuntu 8.04 and Debian Etch
> But not Windows XP
> 
> I did return the other two sets and they are sending me a third set
again.

I don't think the problem is with the CDs. The file system on a CD conforms
to an international standard: ISO 9660. That's why Macs and Linux boxes can
read "Windows" CDs. So I don't think the problem is necessarily the CD
format.

However, there are a few extensions to the ISO 9660 standard that make CDs
able to contain long file names and extra long paths. That said and done,
the only operating system I know of that actually has issues with these
extensions is Windows.

When you get those CDs, can you post the erroneous file names as they
appear in Windows to the list? Then we can look at them and see what the
problem is.

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