I decided to look more into techinical details of the Be File
System.
First page I went to was www.be.com. And low and behold there was a link
to amazon selling the book "Practical File System Design with the Be
File System" by Dominic Giampaolo. The book cost $27.96. Here is a quote
of the page.
" Book Description
This is the new guide to the design and implementation
of file systems in general, and the Be File System (BFS) in particular.
This book
covers all topics related to file systems, going into considerable depth
where traditional operating systems books often stop. Advanced topics
are covered in detail such as journaling, attributes, indexing and query
processing. Built from scratch as a modern 64 bit, journaled file
system, BFS is the primary file system for the Be Operating System
(BeOS), which was designed for high performance multimedia applications.
You do not have to be a kernel architect or file system engineer to use
Practical File System Design. Neither do you have to be a BeOS developer
or user. Only basic knowledge of C is required. If you have ever
wondered about how file systems work, how to implement one, or want to
learn more about the Be File System, this book is all you will need. "
Looks like this book should cover all we need to know to cover the
implementation of BFS support. I would buy it and start working, but I
have never done any coding kernel or device driver wise. Maybe I should
purchase Linux Device Drivers and learn. The book can be found at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1558604979/elitetechnologie/002-5607394-6305238
if you are interested.
-- Jeff Knox/*********************************************************/ /President of Elite Technologies / /Beta Testing and Public Relations Coordinator for ReactOS/ /"Things only happen to others until they happen to us" / /*********************************************************/
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