System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems

The Universal Disk Format (UDFS) File System

For information about creating a UDFS file system on removable media, see How to Create a File System on Removable Media.

The UDF file system is the industry-standard format for storing information on DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) optical media.

The UDF file system is provided as dynamically loadable 32-bit and 64-bit modules, with system administration utilities for creating, mounting, and checking the file system on both SPARC and x86 platforms. The Solaris UDF file system works with supported ATAPI and SCSI DVD drives, CD-ROM devices, and disk and diskette drives. In addition, the Solaris UDF file system is fully compliant with the UDF 1.50 specification.

The UDF file system provides the following features:

The following features are not included in the UDF file system:

The UDF file system requires the following:

The Solaris UDF file system implementation provides the following: