On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:34:11 -0500 Rick Troth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> CMS FS (driver) broke after Linux 2.4.19 (utility is fine). > With CMS FS, you could have one or more Linux EXT2FS or ISO > filesystems on a CMS minidisk, mount the minidisk and then mount > the other filesystems via "loop back" (where a file is treated > as if it were a disk). Very handy. > > To me, this is even more workable than DDR. > You have CMS-land files that you can copy onto a good sized minidisk, > including the kernel and an EXEC to do the PUNCH magic until (unless) > you have a directly bootable Linux disk. CMS-land files can be > kicked around with DDR, VMFPLC, tape, RSCS, ... even FTP. > > But ... it's going to be a while before CMS FS (driver) will get fixed. Latest kernels have FUSE which allows you to place file system drivers in user space when they are not performance critical. That might be a good model for CMSfs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
