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From: web@farpoint.austin.ibm.com (Bill Baker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: CD ROM ON RS6000
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Date: 14 Mar 91 15:00:57 GMT
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>I have an RS6000/320 with a CD ROM used for info-explorer.  Can CDs 
>developed for the MS-DOS envirement be used on the RS6000?  
>Do you need software not part of AIX to use such disks?

The AIX CD-ROM file system will allow you to access any CD-ROM via the
normal file system interfaces if the disk is in either ISO-9660 or
High Sierra format.   Just mount the CD-ROM on some directory.  If the
mount fails with the EFORMAT error, then the disk isn't in a format
recognized by the file system.  Disks in other formats would only be 
accessible via the device.

Enjoy,
web
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