* [9fans] ex2fssrv??
@ 2003-01-02 1:05 Ish Rattan
2003-01-02 1:25 ` Russ Cox
2003-01-02 1:33 ` Steve Simon
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From: Ish Rattan @ 2003-01-02 1:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
I recall a service like dossrv for Linux ext2fs system but
could not locate it in source tree?
-ishwar
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* Re: [9fans] ex2fssrv??
2003-01-02 1:05 [9fans] ex2fssrv?? Ish Rattan
@ 2003-01-02 1:25 ` Russ Cox
2003-01-02 11:44 ` Richard Miller
2003-01-03 1:04 ` paurea
2003-01-02 1:33 ` Steve Simon
1 sibling, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2003-01-02 1:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
> I recall a service like dossrv for Linux ext2fs system but
> could not locate it in source tree?
There was one written by someone in France
more than a few years ago. I'm not sure how well it ever
worked. I used it for the third edition release
installer but had to fix a bug in the ext2 directory
entry parser. Ext2srv was old even then. I can only
assume that the ext2 format had changed since the
program was written. That scared me enough that
I changed ext2srv to open the disk in read-only mode
(it was only used to read the install's .9gz archive).
It has never been in /sys/src, though in the third
edition it was in /sys/lib/pcdist/cmd, with all the
other install-specific programs. I didn't bother
updating to speak 9P2000 (fourth edition), so now not
even the installer uses it.
This comes up about once a year.
If someone wanted to do the work of keeping
it up to date, I get the impression that there are
a few people on the list who would find it useful.
Then again, ext3 will be all the rage soon enough.
Russ
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* Re: [9fans] ex2fssrv??
2003-01-02 1:05 [9fans] ex2fssrv?? Ish Rattan
2003-01-02 1:25 ` Russ Cox
@ 2003-01-02 1:33 ` Steve Simon
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From: Steve Simon @ 2003-01-02 1:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Somone at univ-paris8.fr wrote it based on tarfs,
and I think it was only ever ported for the 2nd release of Plan9.
I have a copy of that old code on a CD somwhere but it
perhaps somone has a unpdated version ?
-Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ish Rattan" <ishwar@pali.cps.cmich.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.plan9
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 1:13 AM
Subject: [9fans] ex2fssrv??
>
> I recall a service like dossrv for Linux ext2fs system but
> could not locate it in source tree?
>
> -ishwar
>
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* Re: [9fans] ex2fssrv??
2003-01-02 1:25 ` Russ Cox
@ 2003-01-02 11:44 ` Richard Miller
2003-01-02 11:52 ` Lucio De Re
2003-01-03 1:04 ` paurea
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From: Richard Miller @ 2003-01-02 11:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
I fixed some bugs in ext2srv and updated it for 9P2000 -- this was announced
in comp.os.plan9 on 13 May 2002. I've been using it (for reading and writing)
ever since, though of course I offer no guarantee of its correctness.
I did offer the update to the Labs, but it was rather curtly rejected by Rob.
Anyone who wants a copy is welcome to email me.
-- Richard
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* Re: [9fans] ex2fssrv??
2003-01-02 11:44 ` Richard Miller
@ 2003-01-02 11:52 ` Lucio De Re
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From: Lucio De Re @ 2003-01-02 11:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 11:44:44AM +0000, Richard Miller wrote:
>
> I did offer the update to the Labs, but it was rather curtly rejected by Rob.
>
Hm...
> Anyone who wants a copy is welcome to email me.
>
I'd prefer to download it from Nemo's web site, given that sources
seems out of bounds. If that won't do, I'm still interested.
++L
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* Re: [9fans] ex2fssrv??
2003-01-02 1:25 ` Russ Cox
2003-01-02 11:44 ` Richard Miller
@ 2003-01-03 1:04 ` paurea
2003-01-03 9:22 ` Robin KAY
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From: paurea @ 2003-01-03 1:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Russ Cox writes:
> Then again, ext3 will be all the rage soon enough.
>
Hmm I think that it is backwards compatible with ext2, so supporting ext2 would
work for a long time...
--
Saludos,
Gorka
"Curiosity sKilled the cat"
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* Re: [9fans] ex2fssrv??
2003-01-03 1:04 ` paurea
@ 2003-01-03 9:22 ` Robin KAY
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From: Robin KAY @ 2003-01-03 9:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
paurea@gsyc.escet.urjc.es wrote:
> Russ Cox writes:
> > Then again, ext3 will be all the rage soon enough.
>
> Hmm I think that it is backwards compatible with ext2, so supporting ext2 would
> work for a long time...
AFAIK, ext3 is just ext2 with a journaling extension.
--
Wishing you good fortune,
--Robin Kay-- (komadori)
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* Re: [9fans] ex2fssrv??
2003-01-02 12:38 Fco.J.Ballesteros
@ 2003-01-02 12:52 ` Lucio De Re
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From: Lucio De Re @ 2003-01-02 12:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 01:38:02PM +0100, Fco.J.Ballesteros wrote:
>
> I don't think I have it in our web server.
> Its author could just drop a line with the url where to get it.
> If it cant be done that way, I don't mind linking it at our web site.
>
Oops, I keep tripping myself by trying to be concise. I meant that
I would like you to add the code to your collection of downloadable
Plan 9 contributions.
> But it would be much better IMHO to get it integrated with the distribution.
> If Rob or anyone else had objections, I think it would be better to address
> them and then perhaps get the thing integrated. Just a suggestion.
I couldn't agree more. Richard's statement suggests that Bell Labs
are not (were not, at the time) prepared to negotiate.
++L
PS: It seems to me that often it is a matter of support that inhibits
the addition of applications to the Plan 9 distribution. I don't
have a ready solution to the problem, but perhaps identifying the
cause will go a little way towards solving it.
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* Re: [9fans] ex2fssrv??
@ 2003-01-02 12:38 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-01-02 12:52 ` Lucio De Re
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From: Fco.J.Ballesteros @ 2003-01-02 12:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
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I don't think I have it in our web server.
Its author could just drop a line with the url where to get it.
If it cant be done that way, I don't mind linking it at our web site.
But it would be much better IMHO to get it integrated with the distribution.
If Rob or anyone else had objections, I think it would be better to address
them and then perhaps get the thing integrated. Just a suggestion.
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From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] ex2fssrv??
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 13:52:53 +0200
Message-ID: <20030102135252.G28797@cackle.proxima.alt.za>
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 11:44:44AM +0000, Richard Miller wrote:
>
> I did offer the update to the Labs, but it was rather curtly rejected by Rob.
>
Hm...
> Anyone who wants a copy is welcome to email me.
>
I'd prefer to download it from Nemo's web site, given that sources
seems out of bounds. If that won't do, I'm still interested.
++L
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