[EMAIL PROTECTED] quoted and then wrote: >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >... >>>>ISO 9660 : 1988 (E) 6.8.1 says that a Directory shall consist >>>>of only one File Section. Given that limit of 4GB on the size >>>>of any File Section (and thus a Directory) assuming a Directory >>>>Record size of 64 bytes (to make the math easy), it seems to me >>>>a Directory could contain 62,500,000 of those records for >>>>successive File Sections. Multiply the 62 million Directory >>>>Records in a single Directory by the 4 billion bytes in any >>>>File Section and you have a limit considerably larger than >>>>2 GB. >>> >>>>You need a bigger disc than CDROM, and there may be operating >>>>systems that cannot handle such sizes, but I see no problem >>>>in the ISO 9660 format up to about 2**18 bytes in a file.
Someone pointed out to me that I should have typed 10**18. >>>Looks like you like to make your own standard... > >>Sorry, I don't understand that comment. > >>If my understanding of ISO 9660 is incorrect, I would like to >>know where I have made an error. > >Problems usually occur when people like you start to freely interpret >standards ia a completely other way as other people do. But more problems ensue when people delight in being obscure rather than helpful. To me the language of the standard is clear. To you it is clear. How does _your_ interepretation differ from mine ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
