Torsten Hilbrich schrieb am 04 Jun 1998 12:25:49 +0200:
> BTW: I read about a tape filesystem in de.comp.os.linux.misc,
> unfortunately, I'm unable to find this article and the url right
> now. If I find it I will post a followup to this thread.
I have found the location
http://www.fh-
Daniel S Barclay schrieb am Tue, 02 Jun 1998 21:17:11 -0400:
> It's an (probably) unnecessary limitation somewhere in the system.
>
> I was able to make a file system on a floppy tape (with mke2fs, I
> believe). When I tried to mount the file system, mount complained
> that the tape wasn't a blo
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > > On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 10:15:58PM -0600, Lazar Fleysher wrote:
> > >> Is it possible to create a file system on a tape drive ( like on
> > >> mainframes) and use it as a disk? I know it
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> > On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 10:15:58PM -0600, Lazar Fleysher wrote:
> >> Is it possible to create a file system on a tape drive ( like on
> >> mainframes) and use it as a disk? I know it is very slow, but is it
> >> possible?
> >
> > That is really very sick and twisted to
> On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 10:15:58PM -0600, Lazar Fleysher wrote:
>> Is it possible to create a file system on a tape drive ( like on
>> mainframes) and use it as a disk? I know it is very slow, but is it
>> possible?
>
> That is really very sick and twisted to even think of such a thing...
> hmm I
Hi Ted
There was a paper, I forget the locateion or details, but it
concerned a "log structured file system" that would be made to order
for tape file system. writes at the end, maitains a log of
space allocation, Dang! I wish I'd paid more attention to the paper.
The Sprite operating (now def
On 27-May-98 Stephen Carpenter wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 10:15:58PM -0600, Lazar Fleysher wrote:
>> Is it possible to create a file system on a tape drive ( like on
>> mainframes) and use it as a disk? I know it is very slow, but is it
>> possible?
>
> That is really very sick and twisted t
No, it isn't. In unix the basic requirement for a filesystem-capable device is
that it be a block-device (as opposed to a character device). The real clincher
is that a filesystem device needs to support random access. Most tape drives
(DDS2 being a notable exception) support only sequential reads
On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 10:15:58PM -0600, Lazar Fleysher wrote:
> Hi,
Hi
> Is it possible to create a file system on a tape drive ( like on
> mainframes) and use it as a disk? I know it is very slow, but is it
> possible?
That is really very sick and twisted to even think of such a thing...
hmm I
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