Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 14:40:02 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ccd and ftd Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.95.980214142538.12683A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <19980214152751.60811@freebie.lemis.com>
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Another reference you might want to use is the WinNT Server Resource Kit 4.0 - Server Resource Guide. It describes the disk partition table structures and signatures used by NT FtDisk driver to track info about disks in a volume. What does vinum mean? I hope you end up making the device file something Unix-like and easy to remember like ftd. Regards, Mike On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > I'm a bit disappointed with CCD. I had originally planned just to > extend it, but I find it too primitive. It's not just "light > weight"--it's deficient. It handles faults very badly, and it offers > multiple possibilities for shooting yourself in the foot. In > addition, I don't think its performance is better than vinum (mine) is > going to be, though that remains to be seen. About the only advantage > is that it is significantly smaller, but I don't expect the typical > user of either driver to be concerned about another 20 kB of memory. > > As a result of these problems, vinum is effectively a rewrite, though > I've been looking very carefully at CCD for implementation ideas. > > Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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