From: Daniel AMP Carosone (danielce@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU)
Date: 06/27/92


From: danielce@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Daniel AMP Carosone)
Subject: Re: gcc freeze, dos fs
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1992 00:20:28 GMT


+------(Werner Almesberger)----------------------------------------
|
| I can also mount Linux files as Linux FS', create new files on them
| run mkfs and mount those files, etc.
|

This sounds wonderful, especially for making things like root and
utility distribution disk images. Slow floppy access can be limited to
writing out (and then testing) the final product.

I love VFS. Thanks, Linus, for one very good design decision; and to
others for building things to use it.

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