Re: ProDOS driver for Linux 2.4.x

[Dennis Jenkins <djenkins@usb.com>]

Damn!  someone beat me to it...  I guess I'll abondon this project
too....

I'm going to download it and check it out.  Sounds really cool!

Matt Jensen wrote:
> 
> I forgot to mention that I have been releasing new versions of the code
> pretty frequently (at least once every day or two) so check back
> periodically if you find the driver useful.
> 
> I posted version 0.8 a few minutes ago. This one provides access to
> resource forks for extended files.
> 
> Matt Jensen wrote:
> >
> > In case anyone out there is interested, I have written (actually, I *am*
> > *writing*) a ProDOS filesystem driver for the Linux kernel. It allows
> > you to access files on ProDOS Zip disks, image files, etc. from any
> > Linux program, transparently (think of it as Pro.FST for Linux. :-) )
> >
> > The driver must be compiled from source and should work with any 2.4.x
> > kernel. It could probably be ported to 2.2.x easily as well. The source
> > is available at the following URL if anyone is interested.
> >
> > http://www.obvion.com/matt/prodos/
> >
> > It is currently VERY limited (read-only, hides resource forks,
> > inefficient, etc.) and the code is strictly pre-alpha. But it's fun to
> > play with nonetheless.

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