Universal Disk Format (UDF) is a file system for storing data on optical media. It is considered to be a replacement of ISO 9660.
Questions tagged [udf]
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Creating UDF image in Linux
It's embarrassing to imagine that there are no intelligent tools on Linux to create UDF images, similar to makeisofs, but I have yet to find any. The tool genisoimage does work for creating video disk images, but there is no equivalent for general…
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Filesystems other than UDF and ISO9660 on CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray
I know for a fact, that Live CD versions of distros like Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo Linux, Salix, Ubuntu and on embedded distributions such as the OpenWrt and DD-WRT router firmware use SquashFS. But I was convinced, that optical media is…
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CentOS 6.4: Unable to mount disc, doesn't like UDF
I'm trying to use a CD on CentOS 6.4, but I keep getting this error:
Unable to mount Disc
Error mounting: mount: unknown filesystem type 'udf'
I've installed udftools
I've tried changing the permissions around on /dev/sr0 to no avail.
I've tried…
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How to create a bootable hard disk image from an iso image?
I would like install a proprietary operating system onto my CentOS box using VirtualBox. There is a problem though, when I mount the install ISO image as a DVD, soon the installer complains of missing DVD drivers. I tried to download some but they…
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Burning large files on BD. Capacity confusion
I have a couple of large files I want to burn to an M-Disc 50G BD-R DL. Files are larger than 4G so I have to use UDFv3, if I am not mistaken. (Or split, which I am not especially keen on doing.)
A graphical tool is not an option (no X on the…
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UDF and fstab (no UUID)
In my search for the ideal filesystem to share files between a lot of computer with a lot of different OS'es I accepted this answer and installed a UDF filesystem on my USB stick.
First I blanked the disk, to make sure there are no leftovers to…
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How to convert .bin/.cue files into DVD-ROM UDF-ISO file in linux?
How to convert .bin/.cue files into DVD-ROM UDF-ISO file in linux ? I found that genisoimage can make CD-ROM UDF with that command:
genisoimage -udf -o MY_FILE.iso ~/MY_DIR/
but I didn't find for DVD-ROM. Is there a program to do it on linux…
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How to check integrity to HDD with UDF format
I'm having problem with a USB external drive, which seem to be formatted with UDF and was being used for MAC and Windows (or at least that is what told).
When I attached the HDD to my Linux system the next are the dmesg entries:
[21784.312960] usb…
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Max file size for create_compressed_fs tool
Somebody knows what the maximum size of file could be processed by create_compressed_fs tool or used by /dev/cloop device? I suspect that it could be the root of the issue.
I created "ISO" (UDF) image with: genisoimage --allow-limited-size command…
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How to find out UDF version of a DVD in Linux?
sudo cdrwtool -i -d /dev/sr4 and dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/sr4 do not indicate the UDF version.(1.02, 1.50, 2.00, 2.01, 2.50, 2.60)
How can I find out the UDF version of a DVD?
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udf input/output error
A few months ago I formatted half an ssd (for use by all of my operating systems as file storage, I use os x, Debian, and Microsoft's windows)
It was recommended that I use udf, because it is, in most cases, compatible with the operating systems in…
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How do I rename a UDF partition?
I've formatted a removable USB drive using UDF and would like to rename the partition. Currently the name of the drive is LinuxUDF on each machine I access it on. How can I rename the partition, preferably using command line tools?
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Failing to format flashdrive to UDF
I'm trying to create a UDF partition on a flash drive to install grub2 (to boot ISOs from)
~$ export DSK=/dev/sdd
# wipe the disk
~$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=${DSK} bs=512 count=2048
~$ sudo sgdisk --zap-all ${DSK}
# create partition for udf
~$…
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How to recover VOB video files in camcoder dvd with udf filesystem which appears empty but it's not
I recently discovered some old double-sided mini dvd-rw disks (2.8GB) which were used for recording video with a Sony DCR-DVD201E handycam. Both sides already had content but they were unfinalized so I could not mount them on my Ubuntu 22.04 box.
I…
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Can't create UDF disk in Linux with mkudffs
So, it's that time of year when I need to make a backup disk of some files on a Windows machine, and I want to use UDF so that I can add to it later. It's refusing to let me create any CDs or DVDs since it says the disk is empty and needs…
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