This book should help: UNIX Filesystems: Evolution, Design, and Implementation by Steve Pate.
On 17 Aug 2007 07:18:51 -0000, rohit hooda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 Rene Herman wrote : > >On 08/16/2007 06:39 PM, kernel learner wrote: > > > >>I m a newbie in the kernel domain. I want to read and learn everything > about the filesystem starting from basic concepts, design, implementation, > debugging etc. > >>Can u please point me to the correct sources like some links and books? > > > >Both the book suggestions you got are good for general kernel topics but > I don't believe there's a book that focusses specifically on filesystems. > > > Here is a book which will give you internals of filesystems, its basic > fundomentals, design etc ... > > Unix Filesystems by Steve Date > > http://books.google.com/books?id=JLcCAAAACAAJ&dq=unix+filesystems > > > >Linux ofcourse supports a large number of filesystems so as to your "the > filesystem": if you are talking about ext2/ext3, this old article is the > first step for learning about those: > > > >http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ext2intro.html > > > >The MINIX FS is nicely described in the MINIX book ("Operating Systems, > Design and Implementation", Tanenbaum/Woodhull) and reiserfs has online > resources at www.namesys.com for example. > > > >If you are talking about the VFS (the bit of Linux that sits just above > all those different actual filesystems) then "Understanding the Linux > Kernel" (Bovet/Cesati) might be most useful. > > > >Rene. > > > -Rohit > >-- > >To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > >"unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > > > > [image: select view > apply]<http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/click.cgi/www.rediff.com/signature-home.htm/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/1307758_1301384/1307141/1?PARTNER=3&OAS_QUERY=null+target=new+> -- -- Regards, Sunil Agham.
