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Offline Thomas

Re: Writing CDs
« on: August 31, 2007, 07:48:30 AM »
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By selecting the above options in Nero, you therefore create a CD in the old original way.


Not exactly. ISO 9660 level 2 allows you to have file names with 31 characters max, but all in upper case. And some characters are illegal and therefore converted to others. You cannot use this to back up an Amiga file system, at least not without loosing some information.

In don't know Romeo. I don't even remember if I ever heard of it. The file system used for Unix systems is ISO 9660 level 2 with RockRidge extensions. This allows mixed-case file names and Unix protection bits.

The "real" Amiga CD file system is ISO 9660 level 2 with Amiga extensions. This allows mixed-case file names, file notes and Amiga protection bits. I don't know if there is a Windows program which supports this.

If you really want to back up an Amiga file system, you should use MakeCD inside WinUAE. The MakeCD manual also contains detailed information about the different file system norms. http://makecd.core.de

When copying a CD, all of the above does not matter. Just do a 1:1 copy (or create an ISO image of the CD and write the image to a CD-R). No information is lost.

Bye,
Thomas