Date   : Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:35:50 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: MDFS as Local Filing System

Closest I've been to this was to write a utlity to scan a (crashed)
Level 3 fileserver hard disc and copy off all the files to a backup
set...  This was 20 years ago..

It's generally easier to write a read-only access to another
filesystem that a write-enabled one, due to having to cope with the
freespace maps, etc..

Rob

2009/4/13 Ian Wolstenholme <bbcmailinglist@...>:
> I'm not sure if this has been tried before, but I wonder if it would be
> possible to write a filing system ROM based on the MDFS file server
> (or even Level 3 Econet).
>
> The idea would be that you would initiate it with *MDFS or similar
> and then have access to any MDFS partition on a locally connected
> floppy or hard disc, with all the usual Econet filing system commands
> being available.
>
> Some of the advantages would be:
>
> - logging on with *I AM to a specific directory with password protection
> - larger directories, up to the Econet limit of 250 entries
> - space accounting
> - faster copying of files into the Econet partition
> - easy retrieval of files from existing Econet discs without needing
> ?all the Econet hardware
> - date-stamping of files
>
> The only drawback I can think of at the moment would be the file
> size limit of 8MB on Econet where it is 16MB on ADFS.
>
> Does anyone fancy taking it on?
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Ian
>
>
>
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