Re: BRUTAL DELUXE : System 6.02 soon available ??

[Sbehrens@contech.demon.co.uk (Soenke Behrens)]

Hey,

In article: <3jck6k$hpp@serveur.cribx1.u-bordeaux.fr>  
zardini@emi.u-bordeaux.fr (Olivier Zardini) writes:

>     - We DO KNOW that releasing a complete set of SystemDisk 6.0.2 is
>       illegal and we won't go that way. Even though it has not been
>       clearly explained, our purpose is to make a special disk
>       including updated files. A patch IS impossible in many cases. 
>       (It is exactly what we did with our french version of the system)

Yo, cool, way to go. Keeps the lawyers off your back, makes everyone happy.

> As far as FSTs are concerned:
>     1/ Understanding the internal structure of an FST is not so hard

Well, I got as far as "there is a jump table up front" and then gave up :)

>     2/ Writing a FST suppose to know other platforms' system files.
>        We have no documentation on Commodore Amiga files structure...

Forget Amiga ... however, I think I could dredge up enough enthusiasm to 
attempt a port of extfs2 (or whatever it is called now), the Linux file 
system. Fully documented, source code available. What more do you want :)

>     3/ We will probably write a documentation of the FST structure.

Yay! Great! *drool* This would be immensely useful for all the GNO/ME owners 
... or anyone else, for that matter. _Finally_ the possibility to have a 
well-documented file system with all the neat features one wants (links) and 
utilities for maintaining it to boot (quite unlike HFS).

Yours
Soenke

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