Blu-ray discs

[Daniel Staal]

--As of February 16, 2009 4:52:02 AM +0000, Bryan is alleged to have said:

> When I attempt to mount a blu-ray or hd-dvd, the system hangs.  I see
> activity on the drive (3 flashes), and then nothing.  Keyboard and
> mouse fail, and I'm forced to hit the power button.  I cannot even SSH
> into the box.  I can confirm this happens on both GENERIC.MP and
> GENERIC.SP kernels.
>
> I can use this drive to mount cds and dvds, and I've been using it in
> "grip" to burn cds using extra "paranoia".
>
> Is the problem I'm having simply that the file system is not supported
> by OpenBSD yet, or is there something else?

--As for the rest, it is mine.

As far as I know, none of the free OS's support Blue-ray or HD-DVD yet: 
There hasn't been a sufficiently generic crack of the DRM so far.  (And 
don't expect help from those in charge of the format...)

Still, that shouldn't make the system lock up.

Daniel T. Staal

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