On Montag, 2. Juli 2007, Albert Hopkins wrote: > On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 23:08 +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > that wasn't k3b - that is an limitation of iso9660. A limitation MS > > forced > > down our throats. > > I wouldn't be quick to blame Microsoft for iso9660. It was designed to > be a one-size-fits-all standard so it would work on all (well, most) > systems.
I don't blame MS for iso9660 - I blame MS for the name limitations ;) > There is even a part in the standard for file versions as to > work with VMS systems (I guess you could blame Digital for that one). > OTOH there are plenty of non-standard, incompatible extensions to > ISO9660 you can blame (Rock Ridge: Unix, Joliet: Microsoft, El Torito: > IBM, Mac OS: Apple). ElTorito something completly different.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Torito_(CD-ROM_standard) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
