Re: ext2 in a dos file/partition
David A Willmore (willmore@cig.mot.com)
Thu, 7 Mar 1996 13:31:05 -0600
On Mar 6, 9:13pm, Aaron Ucko wrote:
> Subject: Re: ext2 in a dos file/partition
> >> When I worked on vax/vms years ago, we had a similar thing, it was called
a
> >> "virtual disk"; the file in which it lived was called a "container file".
> >> (It's very similar to the CVS of drvspace and stacker). You could mount
the
> >> virtual disk, format it, etc. just as if it was a real disk.
> >
> >See the loopfs in the current kernel. I don't know if it works over the top
> >of MSDOS, but I've been using it for various things - like trying to debug
> >a cpmfs for Linux.
>
> cpmfs?! Now I've heard everything! What's next, punch card reader
> support? :-)
Well, I'm not sure if Alan has put the baudot support into the networking code,
but that might be a place to start. Anyone got an ASR-33 that they can loan
me. I'm afraid I can't cover shipping.
Cheers,
David