>Original post:
>
>Speaking of CDROMS,.. I'm trying to mount a CD that has Zmail by Z-code
>and the file/directory names are being truncated.
>
>When I...
> # mount -r -t cdfs -o noversion /dev/rz4c /cdrom
>
>it truncates the directory names after the first 8 characters and before the
>"." (period).
>dr-xr-xr-x 2 root daemon 4096 Apr 6 1994 .
>drwxr-xr-x 15 root system 1024 Jan 2 10:22 ..
>dr-xr-xr-x 2 root daemon 2048 Apr 5 1994 doc
>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root daemon 4914 Apr 6 1994 mapnames
>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root daemon 1530 Apr 6 1994 mapnames.man
>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root daemon 1064 Apr 6 1994 ncdfile.map
>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root daemon 1401 Apr 5 1994 readme
>dr-xr-xr-x 2 root daemon 2048 Apr 2 1994 zmail_os
>
>the "zmail_os" should be "zmail_osf1". This is more obvious down in the osf
>directory as well. And in fact, the install script aborts while looking
>for a filename that's longer than the 8 characters.
>Then if I...
> # mount -t cdfs /dev/rz4c /cdrom
>
>it shows the version numbers and still truncates.
>
>dr-xr-xr-x 2 root daemon 2048 Apr 5 1994 DOC
>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root daemon 4914 Apr 6 1994 MAPNAMES.;1
>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root daemon 1530 Apr 6 1994 MAPNAMES.MAN;1
>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root daemon 1064 Apr 6 1994 NCDFILE.MAP;1
>-r-xr-xr-x 1 root daemon 1401 Apr 5 1994 README.;1
>dr-xr-xr-x 2 root daemon 2048 Apr 4 1994 ZMAIL_OS
>
>I tried a few other things and have been unsuccessful.
>
>Anyone have any clues? I emailed z-support this morning and have yet to get a
>z-reply.
>
>Thanks.
The solution is to mount it using the "Rock Ridge" (rrip) option.
So I used,..
# mount -t cdfs -o rrip /dev/rz4c /cdrom
which worked.
Thanks for the quick replies!
-Bill Sadvary
Dickinson College
Received on Mon Jan 09 1995 - 17:01:21 NZDT