Introduction

ISO 9660, also referred to as CDFS (Compact Disc File System) by some hardware and software providers, is a file system standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for optical disc media.

It supports different computer operating systems: Windows, classic Mac OS, and Unix-like systems, so that data may be exchanged.

 

copy CD with basa data?

All program's packages for recording CD there is a utility for simple copying disks.

read a long file's name on CD?

Important to remember that the file system for CD (ISO-9660 Level 1) supports a file's name is eight simbols long and three symbols resolution. A files with more long name may be use in another standarts or in another file's systems (UDF, HFS).

Why does imposible to make sectional copy like with a floppy?

CD hasn't rounded tracks. There are tracks along spiral and many session consist of many tracks, which consist of many sectors. A sector's data are alternate and distribute to large area.