RE: [MiNT] MiNTLib 0.52.3b

[Martin-Eric Racine <q-funk@pp.fishpool.fi>]

*sigh* 

A separate TTP could be called by MINT.CNF, same to me, Julian.  

The key part was that since each drive can be scanned and returns
which kind of filesystem is installed, then we could use that call
and not have to rely upon /etc/fstab anymore.

The scheme would be this:

multitos/
	fsck.ttp
	e2fsck.ttp
	fsckd.ttp

where fsckd.ttp would be our new filesystem parser daemon that starts
the appropriate fsck type, based on its findings, sequentially. Then,
the line "exec c:\multitos\fsckd.ttp" is inserted in MINT.CNF on top.

> Why the hell should the *kernel* start these utilities???
> 
> > > The list of mounted file systems is available on u:\. Their type can be
> > > inquired using a Dcntl call. What else do you need?
> >
> > Seems like our solution right there:
> >
> > Have some kernel routine that does Dcntl on all drives found and
> > calls the appropriate filesystem checker (fsck, e2fsck) based on
> > those findings.  The FSCKs could reside as TTPs in multitos/ and
> > we therefore would avoid all troubles related to fstab usage.
> >
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> > Martin-Éric Racine            The Atari Stacy and TT030 Homepage
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> 

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