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From: cneblett@unconfigured.xvnews.domain (Chris Neblett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: What is Rock Ridge?
Date: 15 Dec 1995 19:07:43 GMT
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In article <4ak7n8$rr6$1@mhadg.production.compuserve.com>, Oleg Danilow <75443.1167@CompuServe.COM> writes:
> Is there anyone can explain me what the Rock Ridge
> type of CD-ROM is about? Which OS does support this
> kind of format? I cannot read my FreeBSD CD ROM of
> this type.
> 
> Oleg

Rock Ridge is a set of extensions to the ISO 9660 CD ROM standard.
It is a set of extensions to allow Long file names, and certain characters
to be included in the file name.  Take alook at the man pages for mount
and you should see an option to read it.

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-- chris