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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7536 ; Fri, 22 Jan 93 15:00:34 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!mcsun!sunic!dkuug!dde!kim From: kim@dde.dk (Kim Andersen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: How does 386BSD implement a virtual file system switch (VFS)? Message-ID: <1993Jan21.193040.22661@dde.dk> Date: 21 Jan 93 19:30:40 GMT References: <1993Jan19.222140.12508@informix.com> <1993Jan20.221238.13109@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Organization: Dansk Data Elektronik A/S Lines: 28 terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: >In article <1993Jan19.222140.12508@informix.com> johng@informix.com (John Galloway) writes: >> >> The docs mention multiple file systems, but not how this is >> accomplished (and I have yet to be able to get cpio to read ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> the source files on my Quadra-A/UX system, and have yet to purchase >> my 486 box). Is a virtual file system switch used like that from >> BSD 4.3 and SYSV.4 or is it something different? thanks. >Yes, a VFS interface is used... not that this statement actually tells you >a lot: read on. [ lines describing the wonderful standard world deleted ] Regarding your problems reading 386bsd cpio files. There is some "minor" differences between cpio and cpio.... (another standard) Get the source to cpio (from ref.tfs.com or agate.berkeley.edu), and compile it on your Quadra-A/UX system. -- -- Kim Andersen @ Dansk Data Elektronik A/S, Herlev, Denmark. E-mail: kim@dde.dk or ...!uunet!mcsun!dkuug!dde!kim