[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> Why can't HAL simply cycle through the media, and mount ALL filesystems it
> >> finds on it?
> Generically, the 'cycle through' isn't that splendid an idea, especially
> with multi-faced filesystems; a CD may contain:
>
> - an ElTorito boot image which is a FAT filesystem
For OpenSolaris, this is no FAT filesystem as OpenSolaris uses a "no-emulation"
boot.
> - an ISO9660 filesystem that'll be recognized as HSFS
> - an UDF filesystem that may or may not be recognized as UDFS
>
> Which one _do_ you want to mount ? Assuming no bugs in the fstyp backends,
> "fstyp" on such a medium would say 'multiple matches'.
>
> Who sets the preference ?
>
> For readonly media, case can be made to simply "mount them all (to
> different places". Is that what you mean ?
A non-closed _writable_ UDF media is not expected to also have a ISO-9660
filesystem. If we find also ISO-9660 and Joliet, we may readonly mount ISO-9660
and Joliet.
Jörg
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