[olug] mkisofs options for DVD mount on Windows

[Abigail Edwards]

Eric P wrote:
> [..snip..]
>
> General Windows anger aside, I'm thinking this may be due to a parameter I did (or did not) pass into mkisofs when I 
> created the ISO image to burn.

Yes, the mkisofs stage is when the file names are generated; the
growisofs just handles sizing and burning the resulting iso in this case.

> Here are the mkisofs and growisofs commands I used:
>
> $ mkisofs -o d1.iso -r -v -V "Trip Shakespeare 1987-1991" d1
> $ growisofs -Z /dev/scd1=d1.iso -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -speed=4
>
>
> The -r in mkisofs is for Rock Ridge (for longer Unix file names I think).  I wonder if I need to pass in -J which is 
> Microsoft's Joliet "file system".  Anyone know for sure?   

You're exactly right.  It's common to enable both Rock Ridge and Joliet
for ensuring cross-platform compatibility.  When enabling Joliet with
-J, you might also use the -hide-joliet-trans-tbl flag to hide some of
the supporting files that it adds to map the filenames.

> If all else fails I guess I could try something like k3b.
>

k3b has a nice graphical dialog with explanations of these options, so
it's also a great choice.

> Thanks,
> Eric
>

Thanks,

Abby