Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:53:50 +0100 From: CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: UFS(2) portable driver for other OS Message-ID: <CAFYkXj=8SZjpRdQ0-udNnZ0%2BvHW0DZtoxQ_KcTsCE=uXk6rhSA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140131150601.53ee40f4.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CAFYkXj=xGbnVfJuBwXmj%2Bgu5gR7sWxk6o48rJ233N-=eRcTpyw@mail.gmail.com> <20140131150601.53ee40f4.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:41:13 +0100, CeDeROM wrote: >> Hello :-) >> >> Some time ago I have definitely moved from EXT2 to UFS2. This greatly >> improved my speed and stability on FreeBSD, but I somehow lost access >> and portability for other OS in "native" read-write mode. > > The lowest common denominator is msdosfs (DOS FAT) which is > usable in r/w nearly everywhere. If you require long file > names, you need the 16 bit version. Hey Polytropon :-) I need large files over 4GB and some existing access riight not to be modified so FAT does not apply, also extFAT is patented so I wont give it even a try... > The _most universal_ file system isn't even a file system. > Instead, it's tar. Yes, really: "tar-formatted" media can > (..) > It's good for transfer from A to B, but not for adding, > changing or removing files... For archives maybe yes, but I need it as live r/w filesystem, just like I used EXT2 - lets say three small OS partitions and one large data partition on the workstation :-) >> I am sure >> there is already such solution, as fs standard is open and BSD >> licensed, so other OS would surely benefit from that support/driver >> :-) > > No, something like that doesn't exist because nobody cares > about interoperability of data. :-) How about UFS2 driver for other OS? Is UFS2 endianness sensitive? Even if, on one machine that would not be the problem :-) Did anyone implement public UFS2 driver for other OS (Windows, Linux)? Best regards :-) Tomek -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
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