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From: rick@crowbar.apple.com (Rick Auricchio)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: ISO format Compact Disks?
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Date: 15 Feb 91 17:44:53 GMT
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gilbertd@cricket.bio.indiana.edu (Don Gilbert) writes:
>I seem to recall from A/UX manuals that A/UX (2.0) can only read
>Macintosh (or A/UX) formatted compact disks.  I have the Apple CD ROM
>drive (including Mac OS drivers for ISO format), and an ISO 9660
>format CD that I'd like to read from A/UX.  Is that possible yet?

    A/UX can only read A/UX filesystems on CD-ROM; basically the CD must
    look like a hard drive, partitioned and all. ISO 9660 support currently
    exists only under the Mac OS.

>Will it be possible in future?
    
    Can't comment on availability, but we know ISO 9660 support will be
    important for A/UX.
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