*Does anyone know any method to make open Suse to mount usfs2 (unix file
system2) with read write exec access? * Near a decade ago, there was
Caldera-SCO open Linux 2.2.x kernel which I could recompile on its libc5
platform to gain shared access to common place unix, BSD and Solaris and
visa versa with native mode read-write exec mount. Beside text editor
‘Crisp’ many games like Doom and Abuse or sound file like mp3 could be
stored and run from shared ufs2 file system partition to save storage
space (ext2, ext3 and ufs are close sisters all derived from ffs of
ATT-BSD Unix, now Linux got more complex inodes to support more features
i.e, block size variables). Are such becoming the things of past?
Beside Server and Desktop use, I know some of you are using Linux as
Universal system management OS to manage Windows. But I do not hear
about managing Unix. This morning, I ordered a newest Debian DVD set
and hoping to see some source files to support unix file systems. After
my 5 years of ignorance to new technologies such as ext3, udev, ATA133,
SATA and SAS, I am trying very hard to catch up after having bought a
Dell Dimension Dual Core SATA II system recently.
Whilst I am quite satisfied by open Suse 11. I even consider Suse 11
over Fedora 9. I want to point out that its install routine should not
panic when it sees over 15 partitions on one or more drive. I care
less about being able to mount partition above 15th but it should not
complain and abort installation. Now days, Debian Linux, Sun Solaris,
open BSD care less about any existing partitions and install
successfully. So why not make it possible on the next Suse? I had to
set up a cheap dummy disk and later moved partitions using GPareEd from
sourceforge.net then edited /etc/fstab. What a detour had I have to
take? System originally had two Velociraptors 10000RPM WD3000BLFS drives
that are rather pricey and I could not afford to buy one more for using
as a dummy drive to just fool Install scripts.
Linux and Unix always benefit from splitting file systems over multiple
drives, particularly swap and /tmp on other drive as minimal. Even on
Windoze, I rewrite registry to achieve same thing as unix. Combined
multiboot environment naturally increases the numbers of partitions per
disk.
NTFS partition over 64GB, FAT32 partition over 32GB both slow down file
access time dramatically plus I do not trust any OS that shares /tmp,
/cache with OS core and libraries in the same partition anyway.
I thank you for your time.
Pinecloud
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