From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:54:51 -0500
From: Brandon Black photon@nol.net
Subject: porting linux programs and drivers to plan9
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On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Digby Tarvin wrote:

> >> 
> >> 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....
> 

As far as I know (I think), Linux's ext2fs is supported by Linux, NetBSD,
FreeBSD, and The Hurd.  So if you're running heterogeneous (sp?) freeware
*nix's, its the next best thing to a FAT filesystem for sharing files
between different kernels.

Brandon