Can somebody email me (or tell me where to download) the up to date
specification of an SMSQ filesystem? If I have time I should be able
to write a C program for Linux to extract the files by accessing the
raw device and pack them into a filesystem image for writing to a CD.
Some years ago I did something similar for DOS diskettes so shouldn't
be too onerous a task. (I've no idea what happened to the source
though - it was a job at work, not a personal project.)
Ian.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard.Zidlicky
> Sent: 26 June 2001 17:13
> To: ql-users
> Cc: Richard.Zidlicky
> Subject: Re: Q40/Q60 device drivers (was: Re: [ql-users] Derek Stewart
> BB)
>
>
> >
> > At 04:52 �� 26/6/2001 +0200, you wrote:
> > >Richard wrote:
> > >
> > > >there is no need to add the bloat of ISO9660 just to
> read a single QXL.WIN
> > > >Putting the QXL.WIN image directly on the CD is much
> cleaner and files
> > > >inside are still trivially accessible using qxltool on
> any reasonable OS.
> > > >
> > > >Time to set out own standards :)
> > >
> > >Seconded:-)
> > >
> > >A raw SMSQ filesystem on CD covers most of our needs except direct
> > >interchange with other OS. Since free tools to create &
> burn QXL.WIN images
> > >on other OS's are available, this is not a big issue nowadays.
> > >
> > >The only thing we lack would be a QDOS/SMSQ program to
> write a QXL.WIN
> > >image onto CDR.
> > >
> > >For the Q40/Q60 this could be solved by preparing a
> special Linux ramdisk
> > >with only the tools needed for file transfer/CD-writing
> and a script to
> > >simplify things. This package could be used by a SMSQ/E
> user even without
> > >installing or even knowing Linux... only the overhead to
> boot the Linux
> > >kernel.
> > >
> > >Peter
> >
> > Ditto. I suppose this also means that Qx0 Linux doesn't
> clean up the ram
> > (kind of a warm restart) when booting up? How would the RAM
> disk protection
> > occur while going from SMS to Linux? And would that work in
> QDOS Classic?
>
> might work, pretty useless if you ask me.
>
> > And finally.... we're talking about a HUGE ramdisk here if
> we are to hold
> > all the files to be recorded... UNLESS (and I repeat the
> question) SMSQ
> > partitions are fully accessible from Qx0 Linux....
>
> sure they are fully accessible. To burn the CD you need just
> to copy the
> raw partition to the CD writer.
>
> Bye
> Richard
>
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