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Re: Documentation on minixfs and ext2fs



Simon wrote:
> Steve wrote:
> >Maybe, but a better way might be not to use the BIOS at all. I'm
> >thinking more along the lines of a scsi.xdd for disk access, among
> >other things.
 
> Would it be possible to use the Atari-Linux scsi/ide drive-code when making
> a MiNT one? Of course a lot of stuff has to be changed as well as minix.xfs
> but maybe it would be easier than implementing it from nothing?

A MiNT scsi driver already exists: ehscsi.xdd by Erling Henanger. I assume
its still on a.a.u.e, I downloaded it ages ago, though never got around to
using it since I already had my own driver for scsi tape.

The Linux drivers might work, with a bit of massaging...

Cheers, Steve