> > Linux ext2 is not a Unix-based filesystem and Linux itself is not a > > Unix-based kernel. > > It's about as Unix-based as NetBSD is. Unless you mean something > strange by "Unix-based" - what _do_ you mean by it?
I'm guessing that the point is that ext2 is a scaled-up re-implementation of minix-fs, which itself is a scaled-down re-implementaion of v7-fs. NetBSD's ffs is probably more directly based on CSRG code. In this roundabout fashion the Linux people arrived at a filesystem that is feature-wise very similar to ffs, but without being on-disk compatible. Rather a missed chance, I'd say. -Olaf. -- ___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert -- There's no point being grown-up if you \X/ rhialto/at/xs4all.nl -- can't be childish sometimes. -The 4th Doctor
