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From:Neil Bothwick
Date:10 Apr 2001 at 22:21:17
Subject:Re: Linux installation

Richard Friend said,

>> I give up, why can't your PC read AACDs?
>>
>> This is a riddle, isn't it? :)
>>
> Errr, no! This isn't a riddle it's a worry! I need to access the AACD's but
> if my PC can't do it then I'm worried that you are using a file system that
> my Amiga also can't read! (When I get it back!)

The AACDs use ISO9660 (the standard CD filesystem) with Rockridge and
Amiga extensions. Any post-Stone Age computer should be able to read
ISO9660 Rockridge, and the Amiga bits are ignored on a PC, they only
relate to file protection bits and comments.

Neil



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