Re: 2.2.0 wishlist

Harald Milz (hm@seneca.muc.de)
Tue, 18 Jun 1996 00:30:00 +0200

Dan Hollis (goemon@sasami.anime.net) wrote:
> > * Journaling file system
>
> Yes, this WOULD be nice. Anyone working on this? How about as a loop
> filesystem extension, so you e.g. mount ext2fs/minix/etc on top of a jfs
> module?

Thanks no. There is a LVM/JFS implementation for SNI and Sun already (by
Veritas, check www.veritas.com) which sits upon the generic file systems.
Methinks the JFS should be the generic FS itself.

> > * physical/logical volume manager (like AIX)
>
> Does 'MD' fit the bill?

No. You can't enlarge logical volumes (nor the filesystems on top) on the
fly for example. You can't bundle physical disks to a volume group. /etc.

> > * Serial console support
>
> Someone has already done this.

Can it be used during boot-time?

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