On <27 Oct 94 19:19> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Br> What about something like ZCPR uses. Br> Jonathan, you out there? Br> Its been a while since I read up on it.
Early ZCPR just used the standard CP/M2 format with easier access to the user areas, the later versions used the same logical layout but also had a lookup file that was used to convert the user numbers to more meaningfull text names. So really it's no better than cp/m filing system... MSX-DOS2 uses the FAT method with directories and 'handles' as opposed to cp/m fcb's and a pseudo cp/m like fcb interface to allow very well behaved generic cp/m1 & 2 utils to function eg the pmarc/ext suite or M80 etc... I've no idea if MSX-DOS2 was ever applied to an HD filesystem but it could be worth a look! Br> Are you thinking of partitions? Initially on the cp/m+ bios I'm not worrying about it to start with, BUT assuming Si can arrange a file system for sam-native mode and gets the drive partition table defined for that, then it'll be relativly simple to ask the hd-bios to reference that structure and not overwrite the native or unix partitions and reserve it's own partition or two... CP/M+ isn't fussy about sizes as it *can* handle multiple drives upto 512Meg each or smaller partitions if required:-) CYL. Johnathan ___ Olms 1.60 [Evaluation] -- |Fidonet: Johnathan Taylor 2:2501/307 |Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own.
