From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id XAA02522; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 23:26:42 -0700 Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id XAA01749 for linux-list; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 23:25:51 -0700 Received: from sgiger.munich.sgi.com (sgiger.munich.sgi.com [144.253.192.2]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id XAA01728 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 23:25:42 -0700 Received: from knobi.munich.sgi.com by sgiger.munich.sgi.com via ESMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/940406.SGI) id IAA07304; Tue, 15 Apr 1997 08:25:35 +0200 Received: from knobi (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by knobi.munich.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/951220.SGI.AUTOCF.knobi) via SMTP id IAA01433; Tue, 15 Apr 1997 08:25:32 +0200 Message-ID: <33531F5C.167E@munich.sgi.com> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 08:25:32 +0200 From: Martin Knoblauch Organization: Silicon Graphics GmbH, Am-Hochacker 3, D-85630 Grasbrunn X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01SGoldC-SGI (X11; I; IRIX 6.3 IP22) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Larry McVoy CC: Steve Alexander , "Christopher W. Carlson" , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: EFS and XFS file systems support References: <199704142047.NAA22932@neteng.engr.sgi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk 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 -- +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |Martin Knoblauch | Silicon Graphics GmbH | |Manager Technical Marketing | Am Hochacker 3 - Technopark | |Silicon Graphics Computer Systems| D-85630 Grasbrunn-Neukeferloh, FRG| |---------------------------------| Phone: (+int) 89 46108-179 or -0 | |http://reality.sgi.com/knobi | Fax: (+int) 89 46107-179 | +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |e-mail: | VM: 6-333-8197 | M/S: IDE-3150 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+