Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:13:08 +0100 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-lists@klop.ws> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UFS(2) portable driver for other OS Message-ID: <op.xaj4j6tikndu52@ronaldradial.radialsg.local> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXj=8SZjpRdQ0-udNnZ0%2BvHW0DZtoxQ_KcTsCE=uXk6rhSA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFYkXj=xGbnVfJuBwXmj%2Bgu5gR7sWxk6o48rJ233N-=eRcTpyw@mail.gmail.com> <20140131150601.53ee40f4.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAFYkXj=8SZjpRdQ0-udNnZ0%2BvHW0DZtoxQ_KcTsCE=uXk6rhSA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:53:50 +0100, CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: >> On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:41:13 +0100, CeDeROM wrote: >>> Hello :-) >>> >>> Some time ago I have definitely moved from EXT2 to UFS2. This greatly >>> improved my speed and stability on FreeBSD, but I somehow lost access >>> and portability for other OS in "native" read-write mode. >> >> The lowest common denominator is msdosfs (DOS FAT) which is >> usable in r/w nearly everywhere. If you require long file >> names, you need the 16 bit version. > > Hey Polytropon :-) I need large files over 4GB and some existing > access riight not to be modified so FAT does not apply, also extFAT is > patented so I wont give it even a try... > > >> The _most universal_ file system isn't even a file system. >> Instead, it's tar. Yes, really: "tar-formatted" media can >> (..) >> It's good for transfer from A to B, but not for adding, >> changing or removing files... > > For archives maybe yes, but I need it as live r/w filesystem, just > like I used EXT2 - lets say three small OS partitions and one large > data partition on the workstation :-) > >>> I am sure >>> there is already such solution, as fs standard is open and BSD >>> licensed, so other OS would surely benefit from that support/driver >>> :-) >> >> No, something like that doesn't exist because nobody cares >> about interoperability of data. :-) > > How about UFS2 driver for other OS? Is UFS2 endianness sensitive? Even > if, on one machine that would not be the problem :-) > > Did anyone implement public UFS2 driver for other OS (Windows, Linux)? > > Best regards :-) > Tomek > https://www.google.nl/search?q=ufs2+windows There are: ufs2tools - UFS for Windows and talk about: FFS File System Driver for Windows Never used it myself. Maybe NTFS using FUSE is not so bad nowadays. But the most easy (compatible) and stable solution might be a fileserver sharing the data over Samba or NFS. Ronald.
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