[syslinux] Inconsistencies between ExtLinux and IsoLinux

[H. Peter Anvin]

Stefan Bucur wrote:
> 
> mkisofs -R -b isolinux.bin -hard-disk-boot -boot-load-size 4
> -boot-info-table -l -joliet-long -o ../Boot.iso .
> 
> contains the "-R" paramter, which enables Rock Ridge information to be
> included in the ISO. However, according to the ISOLINUX documentation
> [1], it "only uses the plain ISO 9660 filenames, i.e. it does not
> support Rock Ridge or Joliet filenames.". Therefore, the ISO image you
> built may not work as expected with ISOLINUX (maybe it does not hang
> from the beginning, but you can expect strange behavior, from time to
> time, as it just happened).
> 

With the -l option, it won't truncate to 8.3.

	-hpa

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