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From: Digby Tarvin digbyt@acm.org
Subject: porting linux programs and drivers to plan9
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:10:53 +0100 (BST)

>> 
>> Drivers are *always* useful. A full ext2fs server would be particularly
>> marvellous, letting people keep their data visible under a choice of systems.
>
>You can find a ext2srv for read and write locals ext2 partitions at :
>
>	ftp://ftp.mime.univ-paris8.fr/usr/bl/ext2srv-0.2.tar.gz
>
>
I hate to sound ignorant, but how extensive is the support for
this file system format on other systems, I have long wished
for a 'common' file system format that traded some performance
for compatibility. The usual practise of using a DOS filesystem
is a terrible compromise to have to make.

Could ext2srv be an attempt at what I want, or is it just a
Linux compatibility tool....

Regards,
DigbyT
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Digby R. S. Tarvin                                              digbyt@acm.org
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