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Date:      Thu, 31 Oct 1996 13:05:07 -0800
From:      "Pedro Giffuni S." <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SCO Filesystem
Message-ID:  <32791483.3734@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
References:  <Pine.A41.3.95.961031091441.18722A-100000@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> <E0vIyti-0001Em-00@rover.village.org>

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I looked around: 
Linux has it, itīs called "sysv-fs" and it can be used to mount sco,
coherent and xenix, but they admit the last two will disappear
eventually. Any volunteers?

Pedro.

Warner Losh wrote:
> 
> In message
> <Pine.A41.3.95.961031091441.18722A-100000@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
> pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co writes:
> : What about an SCO filesystem? I think there is a Linux code, and "their
> : hardware" is well known. It would be nice to mount it and directly execute
> : programs.
> 
> I think the SCO file systems are even well documented somewhere.  I've
> been told (and have no way to confirm) that they are, as far as disk
> formats go, the stock SYSV R3 stuff.  It shouldn't be overly difficult
> to implement something on FreeBSD.
> 
> However, you'd have to be a file systems person or have the right
> knack for it.  I tried a while ago to implement ODS Level 2 to read a
> few CDROMs that I had, but punted after I realized I didn't have
> enough information on the ODS format, or on the vfs interfaces (well,
> and the fact that I didn't have the kind of time something like this
> would take).
> 
> Warner




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