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RE: [MiNT] MetaDOS compatibility broken (fwd)



> From: Frank Naumann [mailto:fnaumann@prinz-atm.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De]
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 9:55 AM
> To: Julian Reschke
> Cc: MiNT List
> Subject: RE: [MiNT] MetaDOS compatibility broken (fwd)
>
>
> Hi!
>
> > > What about a MetaDOS xfs that map directly and in a clean way
> all MetaDOS
> > > filesystems into MiNT?
> >
> > Basically that would be similar to TOSFS, except that it should
> pass things
> > like Dopendir etc. to the DOS driver (in case that supports it).
>
> No, I mean a MetaDOS implementation that is loaded as xfs and communicate
> directly with the kernel. Don't know if it makes any sense.

Well, this is what SPIN.XFS is doing. It implements Mac HFS and
ISO9660/Joliet as XFS and communicates with BOS drivers.