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From: loki AT herne DOT dragoncat DOT net (Jeremy Blackman)
Subject: RockRidge for Win95/NT
19 Dec 1996 17:52:19 -0800 :
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After my post about UNIX filesystems under Windows, I got a LOT of 
requests asking about where a tool to mount RockRidge CDs under Windows 
could be found.

Perhaps I should rephrase that.  The RockRidge utility for Win95/NT that 
I've seen does not let you access a RockRidge formatted CD as a normal 
drive...it's a set of a driver file and a utility program (sort of like a 
File Manager program) which allows you to view the contents of a 
RockRidge CD and copy it back onto the hard drive.

Unfortunately, as far as I know it's not publically available.  It was 
written as an internal-use tool for the company I used to work for, and I 
don't think it was ever released outside the company.  My comment was 
merely intended as an answer that it's theoretically possible to read a 
UNIX CD under Windows.

I thought I'd post this to the list before anyone else asked where to 
find such a utility. :/  Sorry...I no longer have my copy (my workstation 
remained at the last place I worked, and I forgot to grab R3 
(RockRidgeRead) off the hard drive before I left) so even if it HAD been 
released publically, I wouldn't have a copy to give out. :(

However, since it IS possible, someone else could design a RockRidge 
reader for Windows, presumably. :)

--Jeremy
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