[comp.os.minix] DOS filesystem, minix interface

cjeffery@arizona.edu (Clinton Jeffery) (05/31/88)

Does the minix filesystem provide large speed gains over the DOS
filesystem?  Or was it implemented mainly as an instructional tool?
Has anyone considered reimplementing the minix filesystem using the
DOS filesystem as a 'lower layer' (analogous to protocol layering)?
What kind of performance hit would a clever implementor suffer?
Are legal ramifications in the way?

It seems like supporting everyone's disks is a major problem discussed
in this group--and people have better things to do with their time.
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