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- Version 0.4 of vmount is now available from
-
- ftp://hal.kph.tuwien.ac.at/pub/NeXT/tools/vmount/*
- ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Unix/disk/vmount*
-
- The files "vmount-Linux-2.0.25.s.gnutar.gz" and "vmount-ntfs-cs.s.gnutar.gz"
- have not changed! There is no need to waste bandwidth if you have already
- fetched them with a previous version.
-
- The most important new feature: tremendous speed improvement due to a
- disk cache.
-
- * What has changed since 0.2?
- =============================
- - Added support for extended partitions, thereby changing the numbering
- scheme for partitions.
- - Changed meaning of -s parameter from sector size to partition size
- - Added -v option to print the version number and exit
-
- * What has changed since 0.3?
- =============================
- - Vmount works with 4GB disks now
- - Improved limit-checking on large partitions
- - Implemented a disk cache, which brings a _tremendous_ speed improvement
- - As a consequence of the disk cache, the iso9660 filesystem works now
-
-
- If you still don't know what vmount is, here some excerpts from the README:
-
- * What does vmount do?
- ======================
- vmount is a utility that allows you to mount foreign filesystems in your
- directory hierarchy. It uses the NFS-interface to the kernel to make the
- files available and the Linux code for the lowlevel filesystem access.
-
- * What do I need to run vmount?
- ===============================
- To run vmount:
- 1.) An i386 based machine (i386 is the CPU-class, not the
- actual processor).
- 2.) NEXTSTEP 3.2 or higher (I have only tested on 4.0, however).
-
- To compile from the sources:
- 1.) NEXTSTEP 3.3 Developer or higher. I have also tested with gcc 2.7.2
- and NEXTSTEP 3.2 Developer, this works too. gcc 2.2.2, which comes
- with 3.2 Developer, complains about prototype mismatches for built
- in functions. This can probably be solved easily, but I have not
- tried. You should edit the Makefile to reflect the compiler you
- intend to use.
- 2.) GNU-make. Openstep 4.0 and higher comes with GNU-make, it is
- available under the name "gnumake".
-
- And, of course, you need the vmount distribution:
- vmount.0.4.I.b.gnutar.gz for the binary only distribution
- vmount.0.4.I.s.gnutar.gz for the vmount sources
- vmount-Linux-2.0.25.s.gnutar.gz for the Linux filesystem sources
- This directory contains the "fs" and "include" hierarchy of the
- Linux kernel sources. "fs" contains only the filesystem specific
- subdirectories.
- vmount-ntfs-cs.s.gnutar.gz for the modified ntfs sources
-
-
- For more information please read the README file at
- ftp://hal.kph.tuwien.ac.at/pub/NeXT/tools/vmount/vmount-0.4.I.README
-
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