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== About BFS ==
== About BFS ==
'''BFS''' ('''UnixWare Boot File System''') is a SCO specification for a KISS [[File Systems|filesystem]] used at [[Bootloader|bootstrap]]. It only offers one directory and, due to the way information about blocks are stored, only one file opened for writing at a time.


:''From what i see, it also means BFS will have to do nasty things if a file must be extended after some other file has been created'' -- PypeClicker
BFS (UnixWare Boot File System) is a SCO specification for a KISS filesystem used at bootstrap. It only offers one directory and, due to the way information about blocks are stored, only one file opened for writing at a time.


:''Agreed, but it's not a general-purpose filesystem. One tends not to extend things like the kernel image or modules.'' -- Strib
''From what i see, it also means BFS will have to do nasty things if a file must be extended after some other file has been created'' -- PypeClicker


:''What about updates? Also, why aren't we using the discussion page instead?'' --[[User:Love4boobies|Love4boobies]] 12:06, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
''Agreed, but it's not a general-purpose filesystem. One tends not to extend things like the kernel image or modules.'' -- Strib


== Links ==
== See Also ==
=== External Links ===
* http://www.penguin.cz/~mhi/fs/bfs/bfs-structure.html
* [http://www.penguin.cz/~mhi/fs/bfs/bfs-structure.html The BFS filesystem structure]


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About BFS

BFS (UnixWare Boot File System) is a SCO specification for a KISS filesystem used at bootstrap. It only offers one directory and, due to the way information about blocks are stored, only one file opened for writing at a time.

From what i see, it also means BFS will have to do nasty things if a file must be extended after some other file has been created -- PypeClicker
Agreed, but it's not a general-purpose filesystem. One tends not to extend things like the kernel image or modules. -- Strib
What about updates? Also, why aren't we using the discussion page instead? --Love4boobies 12:06, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

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