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2* Documentation/filesystems/udf.txt
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4UDF Filesystem version 0.9.8.1
5
6If you encounter problems with reading UDF discs using this driver,
7please report them to linux_udf@hpesjro.fc.hp.com, which is the
8developer's list.
9
10Write support requires a block driver which supports writing.  Currently
11dvd+rw drives and media support true random sector writes, and so a udf
12filesystem on such devices can be directly mounted read/write.  CD-RW
13media however, does not support this.  Instead the media can be formatted
14for packet mode using the utility cdrwtool, then the pktcdvd driver can
15be bound to the underlying cd device to provide the required buffering
16and read-modify-write cycles to allow the filesystem random sector writes
17while providing the hardware with only full packet writes.  While not
18required for dvd+rw media, use of the pktcdvd driver often enhances
19performance due to very poor read-modify-write support supplied internally
20by drive firmware.
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23The following mount options are supported:
24
25	gid=		Set the default group.
26	umask=		Set the default umask.
27	uid=		Set the default user.
28	bs=		Set the block size.
29	unhide		Show otherwise hidden files.
30	undelete	Show deleted files in lists.
31	adinicb		Embed data in the inode (default)
32	noadinicb	Don't embed data in the inode
33	shortad		Use short ad's
34	longad		Use long ad's (default)
35	nostrict	Unset strict conformance
36	iocharset=	Set the NLS character set
37
38The uid= and gid= options need a bit more explaining.  They will accept a
39decimal numeric value which will be used as the default ID for that mount.
40They will also accept the string "ignore" and "forget".  For files on the disk
41that are owned by nobody ( -1 ), they will instead look as if they are owned
42by the default ID.  The ignore option causes the default ID to override all
43IDs on the disk, not just -1.  The forget option causes all IDs to be written
44to disk as -1, so when the media is later remounted, they will appear to be
45owned by whatever default ID it is mounted with at that time.
46
47For typical desktop use of removable media, you should set the ID to that
48of the interactively logged on user, and also specify both the forget and
49ignore options.  This way the interactive user will always see the files
50on the disk as belonging to him.
51
52The remaining are for debugging and disaster recovery:
53
54	novrs		Skip volume sequence recognition 
55
56The following expect a offset from 0.
57
58	session=	Set the CDROM session (default= last session)
59	anchor=		Override standard anchor location. (default= 256)
60	volume=		Override the VolumeDesc location. (unused)
61	partition=	Override the PartitionDesc location. (unused)
62	lastblock=	Set the last block of the filesystem/
63
64The following expect a offset from the partition root.
65
66	fileset=	Override the fileset block location. (unused)
67	rootdir=	Override the root directory location. (unused)
68			WARNING: overriding the rootdir to a non-directory may
69				yield highly unpredictable results.
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71
72
73For the latest version and toolset see:
74	http://linux-udf.sourceforge.net/
75
76Documentation on UDF and ECMA 167 is available FREE from:
77	http://www.osta.org/
78	http://www.ecma-international.org/
79
80Ben Fennema <bfennema@falcon.csc.calpoly.edu>
81