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Subject: RE: CD-ROM Compatibility
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:50:56 +1000
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> As I said originally about this problem, this CD-ROM seems quite OK
> under Windoze 95 and Linux (using the same hardware as for DR-DOS).
> Do you know if this would be so, for a "non-finalised" disk?
> 

Wow, you've had a long discussion on this issue while I was away. 

No if the disk is not finalised then generally speaking it won't be
readable in Windows or Linux. I think the problem with your disk is that
it is ISO 9660 Level 2 (31 character file names) with Joliet extensions.
Both Windows and Linux support ISO Level 2, but DOS doesn't. Obviously
this LFN driver you found can read this too (but probably won't let you
change directories or anything like that since DOS doesn't support the
file system).

The way to know definitively is to ask what options the person who made
the CD chose when they created the CD (as all of these options can be
chosen).

Joydeep