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== Overview and caveats == |
== Overview and caveats == |
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ISO 9660 is not a complex file system, but has a few quirks that are worth remembering. It seems that some operating systems also create non-compliant CDs, so beware! The main example of this is the character set that is available for file names. Strictly,filenames may only consist of uppercase letters A-Z, digits, |
ISO 9660 is not a complex file system, but has a few quirks that are worth remembering. It seems that some operating systems also create non-compliant CDs, so beware! The main example of this is the character set that is available for file names. Strictly, filenames may only consist of uppercase letters A-Z, digits, |
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dots, and underscores. Further there is a semicolon which separates the visible file name from its version number suffix. Many operating systems also allow lower case letters and other characters. Linux's [[VFS]] displays lower case filenames to the user despite the CD contents actually containing upper case characters. |
dots, and underscores. Further there is a semicolon which separates the visible file name from its version number suffix. Many operating systems also allow lower case letters and other characters. Linux's [[VFS]] displays lower case filenames to the user despite the CD contents actually containing upper case characters. |
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Since sectors 0x00-0x0F of the CD are reserved as System Area, |
Since sectors 0x00-0x0F of the CD are reserved as System Area, |
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the Volume Descriptors can be found starting at sector 0x10. The format of the volume descriptors is as follows: |
the Volume Descriptors can be found starting at sector 0x10 (16). The format of the volume descriptors is as follows: |
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