Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-25 Thread Terry Lambert
Dan Nelson wrote: > > The NetWare undelete functionality, in particular, the ability to > > delete multiple files of the same name, required that globbing > > take place in the kernel, and that the "deleted" files be marked > > not only in the inode, but in the directory space as well. The > > ab

Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-25 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 25), Terry Lambert said: > Dan Nelson wrote: > > You might be able to misuse the Whiteout file type in FFS to > > present a similar user interface. unlink(2) would rename the file > > to filename.timestamp and whiteoute it. ls -W, rm -W, and rm would > > list, salvage, a

Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-25 Thread Nate Lawson
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 12:32:40PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote: > > How about updating Alpine (alpine.cs.washington.edu) and fixing a lot of > > its lousy hacks (i.e. the sysinit stuff)? > > Nice idea, but a lot of people will/are use/using Bochs or VMwa

Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-25 Thread Terry Lambert
Dan Nelson wrote: > You don't need journaling for undelete capability. When you delete a > file on Netware, the file is simply marked "deleted" but the filename > stays in the directory, and duplicate deleted filenames are allowed. > When true free disk space gets low, deleted files are purged in

Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-25 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 25), Julian Stacey said: > > -a fs with journaling: some times ago, i would like to develop my > > own fs with journaling, but right now i could even drop the dream > > of my own fs and JUST port the xfs/jfs for FreeBSD.. > > Journaling would support user level "Undelete"

Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-25 Thread Ronald G Minnich
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > Anyone looked at OpenBIOS? The line has to be drawn somewhere... as regards > supporting multiple chipsets/CPUs. Personally I like the idea of being able > to do PXE-like booting on non-Intel platforms. sure, and it will probably run on top of linuxb

Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-25 Thread Julian Stacey
> when the time to write my final thesis in my university arrived > i immediately thought to help in some way the FreeBSD group. Nice, Thanks ! > -a fs with journaling: some times ago, i would like to develop > my own fs with journaling, but right now i could even drop the > dream of my own fs

Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-25 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 18:50, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > > Port the Linux Rockwell/Conexant winmodem support to freebsd? (Tons of > > laptops have this chipset). > > http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/ > > I had a brief look at this last month. I should warn you that the Linux > driver is simply a wra

Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-25 Thread Bruce M Simpson
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 12:32:40PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote: > How about updating Alpine (alpine.cs.washington.edu) and fixing a lot of > its lousy hacks (i.e. the sysinit stuff)? Nice idea, but a lot of people will/are use/using Bochs or VMware for this. Mind you, the Alpine approach doesn't req

Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-25 Thread Bruce M Simpson
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 01:46:03PM -0600, Ronald G Minnich wrote: > or get freebsd loadable from linuxbios (http://www.linuxbios.org). We load > plan 9 and WinCE, so how much does freebsd need? Anyone looked at OpenBIOS? The line has to be drawn somewhere... as regards supporting multiple chipset

Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-24 Thread Munish Chopra
On 2002-09-24 10:57 +, Maxime Henrion wrote: > [snip] > > -kgi: is it dead or what? > > No idea :-). > I believe Nicolas Souchu is still working on it. Last I heard he outlined an integration plan/roadmap deal, I'm not sure what's been happening since then. -- Munish Chopra To Unsubsc

Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-24 Thread Ronald G Minnich
I still wish somebody would do a bproc port for freebsd (see http://www.clustermatic.org) or get freebsd loadable from linuxbios (http://www.linuxbios.org). We load plan 9 and WinCE, so how much does freebsd need? ron To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hac

Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-24 Thread Nate Lawson
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 07:56:43PM +0200, Paolo Pisati wrote: > > > > Here there's a mini list of things i would like to work on, tell me > > which one is available and fell free to add any other project you > > think could help the FreeBSD community i

Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-24 Thread Brooks Davis
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 07:56:43PM +0200, Paolo Pisati wrote: > > Here there's a mini list of things i would like to work on, tell me > which one is available and fell free to add any other project you > think could help the FreeBSD community in general. > -a fs with journaling: some times ago

Re: Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-24 Thread Maxime Henrion
Paolo Pisati wrote: > Hi guys, > > as I said in the subject i'm a newbies of the kernel, but i used > FreeBSD for years, so when the time to write my final thesis > in my university arrived i immediately thought to help in some > way the FreeBSD group. > > Here there's a mini list of things i

Hey, is there space for a newbie? =)

2002-09-24 Thread Paolo Pisati
Hi guys, as I said in the subject i'm a newbies of the kernel, but i used FreeBSD for years, so when the time to write my final thesis in my university arrived i immediately thought to help in some way the FreeBSD group. Here there's a mini list of things i would like to work on, tell me whi