Re: CDROM driver does not support Linux partition tables

From: Phil Stracchino (alaric@babcom.com)
Date: Wed Sep 11 2002 - 16:39:46 EST


On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 11:30:49PM +0200, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Phil Stracchino <alaric@babcom.com> writes:
> > Even on a kernel configured with support for UFS and Sun partition
> > tables, it doesn't appear to be possible to mount any but the first
> > slice of a Sun CDROM containing multiple slices. Essentially, it seems
> > that Solaris partition table support doesn't trickle down to the CDROM
> > driver.
>
> Can the disk be copied to a file or hard disk and mounted there?

Copied with dd? I don't know, but it's a thought. I suspect the
ide-scsi route Alan suggested is more promising.

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