Re: How to create an ISO image with very long file/directory names?
On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 07:19:32AM +0200, Daniel M. wrote:
> I want to create an ISO image with a very long file/directory
> names. In order to achieve that, I tried to use mkisofs and RockRidge
> extension, but it seems that RR does not allow long directory names.
> Actually, it looks like there is also a restriction on a total
> length of a path.
>
> Is there is any way to create a burnable (and readable afterwards)
> image file with file/directory names of an (almost) arbitrary length
> (up to 1000 characters would be enough for my purpose)?
You could always use a different filesystem, e.g. ext2, reiserfs, if you
just want to use the CD for your own purposes.
You would do that by creating a large empty file, running mke2fs on it,
mounting it with -o loop, putting what you want into it, and passing it
as an argument to cdrecord.
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