Re: New Multimedia Journal Entry

Alex Beregszaszi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
>>>Maybe the kernel's HFS filesystem module can do this? (Although you
>>>will probably loose most of the special HFS features.)
>>
>>	I tried compiling HFS into my 2.4.18 kernel. When I mounted the
>>CD-ROM, mount segfaulted. Ouch. To add insult to injury, Linux still
>>thought the CD was mounted (though I couldn't see anything on the
>>disc) and then wouldn't let me unmount it.
> 
> 
> Did you used scsi emulation on the cdrom? If yes, it's a bug in the scsi
> emu vs hfs code. The HFS code needs settable block sizes, while the scsi
> emu allows only one size. Or the scsi block size was bigger/smaller then
> the hfs requested one? Didn't remember, altought i have discovered and
> debugged this. No fix yet of course.

	Wow, this was a long time ago. I do not remember the specifics of how 
or why it crashed on Linux/x86. But I did get the disc to mount find 
under Linux/PPC.

-- 
	-Mike Melanson


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