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4.32 How to access the MAC format of a mixed DOS/MAC CD-ROM

Some CD-ROMs are using multiple fileformats to adress more people. This is done by putting two filesystems on the disk. With NEXTSTEP you are able to acess both. But what to do if the Workspace only shows you the DOS side of a disk, while the Mac side is often more convenient (due to e.g. long filenames).

The solution is to change the priority the system is searching for a usable filesystem. You need to rearange the filesystems in /usr/filesystems to fit your needs. Here is how:

• ls -lR /usr/filesystems shows the actual searching queue.
• mv /usr/filesystems /tmp/filesystems to backup things
• mkdir /usr/filesystems recreate the directory.
• cp -p -r /tmp/filesystems/xx /usr/filesystems copy the filesystems in order of searching back to the default location.
• chmod 4755 /usr/filesystems/xx.fs/xx.util reset SUID mode
• reset the links in /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs/.

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