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From: hai...@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: SystemV FS and Xenix FS - need testers
Date: 22 Aug 1993 20:18:32 GMT
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Summary: SysV FS in alpha test, need testers
Keywords: linux, coherent, xenix, sysv, file system
Originator: haible@ma2s2
Hello all,
I have kernel patches that allow Linux to access (read/write) disks
and/or partitions of the following filesystems:
- Xenix FS,
- SystemV Release 2 (286) FS,
- SystemV Release 4 (386) FS,
- Coherent FS.
They are on ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de [129.13.115.2] in directory
/pub/linux/sysvfs/ , for 0.99.10, 0.99.11, 0.99.12 separately.
I have been able to test SysV and Coherent FS on floppy disks, and
Coherent FS has been reported to work on hard disk partitions.
Before these patches can be included into the standard kernel, they need
some testing, however. Please test it and report your success (or failure)
to me. Does it work? Does it produce kernel printk() warnings? Does
the other OS's fsck complain about what my code did to your disk?
** USE AT YOUR OWN RISK - IT'S STILL ALPHA **
** MOUNT READ-ONLY THE FIRST TIME **
Bruno Haible
hai...@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de
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From: hai...@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de (Bruno Haible)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: System V filesystem
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Date: 1 Dec 1993 00:43:53 +0200
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Keywords: Linux, kernel, file system, System V, Coherent, Xenix
Sysvfs is an implementation of the System V and Coherent and Xenix
filesystems for Linux. It grew out of separate filesystem implementations
Xenix FS Doug Evans <d...@cygnus.com> June 1992
SystemV FS Paul B. Monday <pmon...@eecs.wsu.edu> March-June 1993
Coherent FS Pascal Haible <hai...@izfm.uni-stuttgart.de> and
B. Haible <hai...@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de> June 1993
and was merged together in July 1993.
Version 5 has been uploaded to
ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de /pub/linux/sysvfs/
sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/Incoming/
soon /pub/Linux/system/Filesystems/sysv/
There is a separate set of kernel patches for each Linux kernel from
0.99.10 to 0.99.14.
It implements all kinds of System V like filesystems I know of (but not UFS).
If you are running a System V or Coherent or Xenix, this should make it
easier for you to move to Linux.
mkfs.sysv and fsck.sysv are not provided. The hard disk partitioning scheme
of Xenix requires separate patches.
*** Use at your own risk. ***
*** Backup your disk before using it for the first time. ***
*** Mount read-only the first time. ***
Bruno Haible
<hai...@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de>
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