Re: Bug in minixfs

["Petr Stehlik" <pstehlik@zln.cz>]

Hi,

>> So my question: does anybody remember if the minixfs in KGMD is really
>> patched with the patch provided in /usr/src/minixfs/? If it is, there's
yet
>> another bug in minixfs causing bus error...
>
>Hm, rather sad :( But it may be not a bug, but just a 'forgotten'
>limitation. When the minix.xfs was written, you could hardly find a 120 MB
>hard disk, not to mention a partition, not to mention a file. Programs

AFAIK Minixfs is the only fs on Atari which supports partitions up to 4 GB.
As for filesize, I see no reason for a limitation other than size of the
partition.

>This doesn't mean however it shouldn't be fixed.

I think so.

Petr