Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:20:43 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> Cc: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org, fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISO9660 4GB directory structures boundary limit and growisofs Message-ID: <201004272221.o3RMKhqZ017168@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:18:56 -0000." <g2l3a142e751004271418l6bc9baa8v23aff2692a4966b0@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
Paul B Mahol wrote:
> On 4/19/10, Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 4/19/10, Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> On 4/17/10, Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> Paul B Mahol wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> It is apparently not possible to make use of -use-the-force-luke=4gms
> >>>>>> on FreeBSD when appending new session after 4GB. Mounted disk
> >>>>>> afterwards show nothing.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Should we allow it like linux does?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Are you claiming there is a problem when FreeBSD reads such
> >>>>> images or a problem with creating such images? What
> >>>>> programs are you using?
> >>>>
> >>>> I burn flac files in multiple sessions, each session have separate
> >>>> directory, on DVD+R DL MKM/003
> >>>> After I used 4gms switch mounted fs shows nothing. (but there is >5GB
> >>>> of
> >>>> data)
> >>>>
> >>>> According to growisofs source BD (bluray) dont need this switch at all
> >>>> ...
> >>>>
> >>>>> This sounds like a pretty unsurprising 32-bit truncation
> >>>>> bug: the filesystem structures in ISO9660 are all sector
> >>>>> numbers so 8TB should be the natural limit (4G sectors
> >>>>> times 2k bytes/sector).
> >>>>
> >>>> I did not tested this on FreeBSD amd64 yet.
> >>>
> >>> Update: Linux shows all sessions and Windows 7 shows only first one.
> >>
> >>
> >> From the source code of groisofs.c:
> >>
> >> * - DVD+R Double Layer support;
> >> * - -use-the-force-luke=4gms to allow ISO9660 directory structures
> >> * to cross 4GB boundary, the option is effective only with DVD+R DL
> >> * and for data to be accessible under Linux isofs a kernel patch is
> >> * required;
> >>
> >> So I'm guessing it does something non standard, particularly if
> >> windows also refuses to see the data.
> >
> > That is pretty old, from 2.4 era, it was added after it was found that
> > isofs had bug. Windows at least "try" to show something - only one
> > session, but fourth and not second session crossed 4GB limit.
> >
> > The source also claims that in BD case there is no need for _force_
> > switch at all.
> >
>
> Mounting with -norrip shows all sessions.
> Kernel displays "RRIP without PX field?" if I try to mount "normal" way.
Might this help ?
Kernel config /sys/conf/NOTES
options UDF #Universal Disk Format
My config notes
/* Allows DVDs with files > 2 Gig, to avoid:
* "ls: file_about_2.5gig.ts:
* Value too large to be stored in data type"
* ports/sysutils/k3b can use it to write eg 4G+ files.
*/
Cheers,
Julian
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