ext2 is a multiplatform file system. Linux, HURD, BSD, OS/2, RiscOS last
time I checked.
> only complicate renaming and loopback mounting a lot. There's also a lot
> of code to handle concurrent writes etc, which can't happen any more.
But will need to occur for future scaling.
> doing a new filesystem, it should be done like "ext2" was originally done:
> by designing a new one, rather than building more scaffolding on top of an
> old one.
Linux has a lot of cruft in it maybe while doing journalling we should throw
the OS away and rewrite that too ? - I hope Im misunderstanding your argument.
Alan
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