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== About BFS == |
== About BFS == |
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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. |
'''BFS''' ('''UnixWare Boot File System''') is a SCO specification for a KISS [[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. |
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''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 |
:''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 |
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''Agreed, but it's not a general-purpose filesystem. One tends not to extend things like the kernel image or modules.'' -- Strib |
:''Agreed, but it's not a general-purpose filesystem. One tends not to extend things like the kernel image or modules.'' -- Strib |
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== Links == |
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Revision as of 08:33, 19 December 2006
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