Re: EFS and XFS file systems support

[Martin Knoblauch <knobi@munich.sgi.com>]

Larry McVoy wrote:
> 
> : I thought that there was a program available for Linux that
> : would read EFS file systems, although I can't for the life
> : of me remember the name.
> 
> Nope.
>

 Isn't there something calles "efslook"? I found it mentioned
somewhere in the SGI FAQs. Probably does not really "mount"
the EFS volumes, but you should be able to read them.

 
> : >My biggest reason for wanting them supported is to access
> : SGI CD ROMs.
> :
> : I think the better question is when will we start distributing
> : CDs in a standard format...  Yeah, yeah, backward compatibility,
> : I know ;->
> 
> I agree with Steve.  Switch to iso9660.

  Definitely. Do away with EFS as soon as manageable.

Martin
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