On 2009-Jun-23 15:52:04 -0400, Nirmal Thacker <thacker.nir...@gmail.com> wrote: >I would first like to understand the opinions of anyone who has looked at >this problem or think this would be a worthwhile project to start off with.
I'm aware of the following references: http://www.mavetju.org/mail/view_message.php?list=freebsd-hackers&id=375676 http://www.mavetju.org/mail/view_thread.php?list=freebsd-stable&id=1335519&thread=yes >1. Installing a stable FreeBSD build >2. Check out a version of the Build suitable for the project Any changes will need to apply to FreeBSD -current, though they may be back-ported once tested. This means that you will need a -current system at some point. 8-current is reasonably stable at this point and would be my suggestion. >3. Pointers to begin studying the current implementation in the code-tree >structure (would I expect it to lie in the fs/ directory?). I tried to find >it in the FreeBSD cross reference (http://fxr.watson.org/) The code is in src/sbin/dump. It references various system header files in order to understand the UFS on-disk format. >Lastly- does this project require the know-how's of device drivers? If so, I >would have to work harder. No. Dump is completely userland. -- Peter Jeremy
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