genisoimage error

[Nathan Meyers]

dan moylan wrote:
> nathan meyers writes:
>   
>> Add the option "-iso-level 4" to the command line. The man
>> page says this:
>>     
>
>   
>> Level 4 officially does not exist but genisoimage  maps  it to
>> ISO-9660:1999, which is ISO9660 version 2.
>>     
>
>   
>> and goes on to describe the different limits (including directory
>> depth). I don't know the implications for interoperability, but I find
>> it works fine for backups.
>>     
>
> yup, it seems to work just fine.  i'm always a bit
> apprehensive when new limitations like that are introduced,
> and one must use options which do not officially exist.
>   
I agree... and suspect the "new limitations" are meant to improve 
standards conformance - now you must explicitly create something 
non-standard (or perhaps conforming to a de facto or unapproved 
standard) rather than than doing it unintentionally.

Nathan

> thank you for your help.
>
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