On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Martin Hinner wrote:
> I originally posted this message to -questions mailing list, but it wasn't
> probably the right place :-( So, if you read it few days ago, please silently
> ignore ;-)
>
> I use FreeBSD on my home PC and one server. I must say, that I am *very*
> satisfied with it.
>
> a) I am maintainer/author of Filesystems-HOWTO. It's a document describing
> dozens of filesystems and accessing them from various OSes. I think it would
> be very useful to have this HOWTO in FreeBSD. What do you think? For more
> information see http://www.penguin.cz/~mhi/fs/. Should I make a port for you?
I've found it's better to not ask and just do it, unless it's something
controversial. Otherwise you'll get the resounding approval of
silence. :)
> b) I'd like to write in my HOWTO also about filesystems in FreeBSD. Can you
> help me? Any documents, links and other information are *very* welcome. I'd
> like to ask also BSD FFS developers.
As you probably know, docs are sparse; the code is sometimes the best
doc.
> c) Few months ago I wrote BFS (UnixWare boot filesystem) Linux kernel
> implementation. Because <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implemented better (read-write)
> version of it, my version is obsolete. If you want to port this code to
> FreeBSD, I can re-release it under BSD license. There is small problem - I've
> never developed anything to FreeBSD kernel. But I have kernel-level
> development experience.
The filesystem layer isn't one of the easier parts of the system to work
with, but since you're the writing type, document your attempt.
> d) I installed FreeBSD on extended partition using GRUB bootmanager (see GNU
> homepage). Are you interested? [Some people asked me to write step-by-step
> howto. But it is not easy, so I'd like to make small changes to sysinstall to
> accept also extended FreeBSD partitions].
Don't ask, just do it! :) Provide patches! Patches speak louder than
words.
Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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