Stanley.Carey@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Stanley Carey) (06/25/91)
Is it possible to "mount" a DOS file system under Minix. I mean besides using
DOS read, write, dir utilities. Has anyone had any success with mounting
foreign file systems? HAs anyone been able to run MINIX completely from
a DOS file system without creating a MINIX partition.
Thank You,
Stanley Carey
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In article <4239@beguine.UUCP> Stanley.Carey@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Stanley Carey) writes: => => => Is it possible to "mount" a DOS file system under Minix. I mean besides using =>DOS read, write, dir utilities. Has anyone had any success with mounting =>foreign file systems? HAs anyone been able to run MINIX completely from =>a DOS file system without creating a MINIX partition. => Possibly, I doubt it, and I seriously doubt it. I have done some design work towards building a virtual file system under Minix based on the Amoeba RPC. Supposedly, a virtual MS-DOS file system could be implemented using a design like my "Fake File System". If anyone is interested, I have put my design paper up for anonymous FTP at louie.udel.edu:/pub/Minix/ffs.ps.Z. I make no claims as to its usefulness or quality; this is my first attempt at putting something like this together. The paper describes the client/ server interface and the modifications to the Minix FS that are necessary to support the FFS. Let me stress here that this is a paper design only. I had originally hoped to get the thing working, but unfortunately I didn't manage it in the time provided. Therefore, don't ask me to send you the code; there isn't any. If you have any questions (e.g. "What the <expletive> is this guy talking about?!?!"), feel free to send me email. Back to the original questions, and more specifically, the third, I don't think anyone is considering doing such a thing, though I suppose, theoretically, it could be done. It would be a matter of tossing 99% of the FS out the window and putting MS-DOS FS code in that follows Minix FS semantics. A FFS-based virtual MS-DOS FS combined with a /dev/ram or floppy-based root file system might be made to work and would be more flexible, but you would still have to write your own MS-DOS FS code. =>Thank You, => =>Stanley Carey => Gary Duzan Time Lord Third Regeneration -- gdtltr@brahms.udel.edu _o_ ---------------------- _o_ [|o o|] To be is to be networked. [|o o|] |_o_| Disclaimer: I have no idea what I am talking about. |_o_| Newsgroups: Stanley.Carey@bbs.oit.unc.edu Subject: Re: Possible to "mount" a DOS file system under Minix? (and FFS blurb) Summary: Expires: References: <4239@beguine.UUCP> Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Your Organization Could Be Here! Keywords: In article <4239@beguine.UUCP> Stanley.Carey@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Stanley Carey) writes: => => => Is it possible to "mount" a DOS file system under Minix. I mean besides using =>DOS read, write, dir utilities. Has anyone had any success with mounting =>foreign file systems? HAs anyone been able to run MINIX completely from =>a DOS file system without creating a MINIX partition. => Possibly, I doubt it, and I seriously doubt it. I have done some design work towards building a virtual file system under Minix based on the Amoeba RPC. Supposedly, a virtual MS-DOS file system could be implemented using a design like my "Fake File System". If anyone is interested, I have put my design paper up for anonymous FTP at louie.udel.edu:/pub/Minix/ffs.ps.Z. I make no claims as to its usefulness or quality; this is my first attempt at putting something like this together. The paper describes the client/ server interface and the modifications to the Minix FS that are necessary to support the FFS. Let me stress here that this is a paper design only. I had originally hoped to get the thing working, but unfortunately I didn't manage it in the time provided. Therefore, don't ask me to send you the code; there isn't any. If you have any questions (e.g. "What the <expletive> is this guy talking about?!?!"), feel free to send me email. Back to the original questions, and more specifically, the third, I don't think anyone is considering doing such a thing, though I suppose, theoretically, it could be done. It would be a matter of tossing 99% of the FS out the window and putting MS-DOS FS code in that follows Minix FS semantics. A FFS-based virtual MS-DOS FS combined with a /dev/ram or floppy-based root file system might be made to work and would be more flexible, but you would still have to write your own MS-DOS FS code. =>Thank You, => =>Stanley Carey => Gary Duzan Time Lord Third Regeneration -- gdtltr@brahms.udel.edu _o_ ---------------------- _o_ [|o o|] To be is to be networked. [|o o|] |_o_| Disclaimer: I have no idea what I am talking about. |_o_|