[LINK] MS Windows and CD formats

[David Lochrin]

On Wednesday 24 September 2008 13:03, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>   AudioCD, Video DVD and CDROM/DVDROMs of computer files are three
> different formats. ISO-9660 format is an image file format and  used for
> distributing operating systems, not individual files.
>
> K3B <http://k3b.plainblack.com/> (on linux) allows you to make all three. I
> don't have a DVD writer, so I can't writed DVDs, but can read them and both
> read and write CDs (Audio and ROM of computer files). A video DVD contains
> MPEG2 files and some kind of header information.

   I use K3B myself; it's included in SuSE Linux and is an excellent piece of software.  But the K3B "New Data CD Project" does create an ISO-9660 file system I believe.  I use that format for backups and exchange of large collections of files with users of MS Windows and other O/S, and expect student submissions (mostly directory structures containing PDF, WORD, and other files) in that format.

> The USB Memory stick I bought came with some backup software that I have
> had difficulty removing, as it is a problem, because it fires up when  the
> stick is plugged into a windows computer  but has no effect on a linux
> computer.

   The solution is to re-partition the memory stick.  It can even have both a FAT & Linux partition if necessary, however Microsoft O/S won't recognise the device at all if it has a partition with a non-Microsoft format.

> PS while googleing ISO-9660 came across:
> > Download details: Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File
> > Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File. Brief Description.
> > Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates
> > for the ...
>
> <http://www.microsoft.com/DownLoads/details.aspx?familyid=2FCDE6CE-B5FB-448
>8-8C50-FE22559D164E&displaylang=en>

   Thanks, I'll make a note of that.

David