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In article <C0Ez6A.LDE@dweomer.org>, brian@dweomer.org (Brian Taylor)
writes:
|> I'm interested in ordering the GNU CD-ROM that was just released, but
|> due to some articles in comp.sys.mips a while ago, I'm concerned that
|> my system (a MIPS MAGNUM 4000-PC50 running RISCos 5.0B) couldn't deal
|> with the format. Specifically, I read somewhere that the CD-ROM that
|> came with some (all?) MIPs systems is only for distributing their own
|> media and almost useless for other things.
Yup, unfortunate, but true.  ISO 9660 was "on the list" as a possible
future effort.  There is 9660 support in a CD-ROM kit marketed by what
was our specials group (I lost track of the names at the last reorg;-).
It's kinda expensive, though.
|> 
|> Can anyone confirm or deny this? Also, if anyone has any information
|> on incorporating an ISO-9660 filesystem into my kernel, that would also
|> be most appreciated (thus the Xpost to alt.cd-rom)!
MONDO HARD!  Incorporating file systems is not for the faint of heart!
You'd need a source license to begin with (yes, I guess it's theoretically
possible to do it without one, as the vnode interface is pretty standard).
This is a pretty major undertaking, probably a couple of person months
to get anything worth using.

The way SGI does it for IRIX is via an external daemon, I believe.  If
you have access to one of the IRIX systems, you could copy the stuff over.

|> 
|> Thank you kindly,
|> 
|> Brian
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Sorry not to be more postitive,
Jay McCauley
RISC/os Raconteur and General Wet Blanket