Phoebus Dokos makes some magical things to make me read
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} The QLWA is basically from what I recall, a patchwork of a FAT-12 
} organization (ie Atari GEMDOS modified partition) with link-lists for FAT 
} (and lacking fat 2). 

That's tell me nothing, because I do not know FAT-12 either!

} The subdirectories are really pointers to files 
} IIRC... In any case I have notes on everything which I could dig up if 
} needed.

If I could at least understand what is the purpose of the map, 
and how to interpret a directory file (how it grow/shrink/...)
In simple term, without holly reference to another format (It looks like the
QL5A/B/C formats also have a kind of map...)
I believe small examples would work best with me!

} Wolfgang with his extensive research on the matter could answer 
} better that question I'd guess....
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} How about however scrapping the QLWA and writing either an Ext2FS driver or 
} something else (and new, and better ie. more secure)?

First, I want to understand the current format so far.

Then, I will see what I can do... By the way, you're out dated, ext3fs is out!
(but I do not believe we need that! Even Ext2fs looks really too complex)

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} > Or would I have to read the code and figures it out myself ?
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} 
} That ALWAYS helps :-)

But finding the meaning and limits of a field from the code is not an easy task.
Especially when the structure is used field by field when needed...
Synthetic description are easier too understand.

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