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- From: bde@runx.oz.au (Bruce Evans)
- Subject: Re: Another MacMINIX 'suggestion'
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.081044.5037@runx.oz.au>
- Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare. Sydney, Australia.
- References: <1jqrr5INNbbo@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1993Jan23.150444.16610@crash> <1993Jan24.025500.13455@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 08:10:44 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan24.025500.13455@netcom.com> jimlynch@netcom.com (Jim Lynch) writes:
- >>[Changing NAME_MAX]
- >I see the problem. If I made this change, I wouldn't be able to refer to
- >the old-style short-filename filesystems.
- >
- >So,,, howbout allowing Minix to have multiple file systems?
-
- 1.6 already has multiple file systems:
-
- 1. the old (V1) file system
- 1b. the V1 file system, byte swapped (8088 byte swapped == 68000 not
- swapped and vice versa)
- 2. the new (V2) file system, with larger inodes and 32-bit block numbers,
- but still with 14-char file names and 16-bit inode numbers (16/2 + 14
- == 16 == size of directory entry)
- 2b. the V2 file system, byte swapped
-
- but these are not supported in a way suitable for adding more file systems.
-
- The V2 file system probably should have had 28-byte file names and 32-bit
- inode numbers.
- --
- Bruce Evans (bde@runx.oz.au)
-