From: Warren Toomey <wkt@henry.cs.adfa.edu.au>
Message-Id: <199902210229.NAA08687@henry.cs.adfa.edu.au>
Subject: Re: V7 filesystem work
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9902201906360.1385-100000@g4klx.agri.ch> from Jonathan Naylor at "Feb 20, 1999  7:10:45 pm"
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Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 13:29:29 +1100 (EST)
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In article by Jonathan Naylor:
> Hello All
> 
> A couple of weeks ago I hacked the program v7 from the bostic_tools to
> work under all sorts of different Unix versions. It worked great and
> allowed me to snoop around the V7 file system images from native Linux.
> Anyone who wants a copy can send me an e-mail.
> 
> Anyway I had a few hours spare today, and decided to try adding the V7
> filesystem to the Linux kernel. Results so far are encouraging:

> I am using the loop block device to allow me to mount a file as a block
> device, this saves me having to add a new partition to my disc. There
> should be no reason why it won't work with a true disc partition. The V7
> filesystem under Linux is read/write.
> 
> Anyone interested ?

I'd be happy to add any changes etc. into the Tools directory in the PUPS
Archive.

It's about time Unix could read the Unix filesystem again :-)

Ciao,
	Warren