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From: FyRE <FyRE@toktik.demon.ku.oc.x>
Subject: Re: floppy boots but "mount" not there ...  (was re:determine unix version)
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:57:56 +0000 Message-ID: <t08b601kth33jqk5mmc07j868ajohg12vp@4ax.com> References: <b5ec9126.0403221711.42a4f68c@posting.google.com> <20040322193652.22623@tegan.com> <b5ec9126.0403250741.55a5b3b7@posting.google.com> <56fe3a2b.0403251134.500b2632@posting.google.com> <b5ec9126.0403260636.764c63ab@posting.google.com> <hk4b60dp1p3a89734oqhscb39kvdkken07@4ax.com> <c445rc$r4f$2@pcls4.std.com>

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:15:56 +0000 (UTC), tony@pcunix.com wrote:

>FyRE <FyRE@toktik.demon.ku.oc.x> wrote:
>>On 26 Mar 2004 06:36:07 -0800, kenn@thebytebusiness.com (magiceuph)
>>wrote:
>
>>If you only need access to some files on the machine, don't bother
>>with the scabby old SCO OS, just compile SCO filesystem access into a
>>stripped down linux kernel, along with a driver for the network card
>>etc and just tear out what you need from the old SCO box. After that
>>you'll be free to exorcise the machine of its Satanic OS and install
>>something (anything) better.
>
>I'm not aware that Linux kernels have any support for SCO HTFS
>filesystems.  I keep hearing people say that it's ouit there
>somewhere, but unless it was just added recently, I'm not aware
>of it.  HTFS is NOT SYSV
>
>Having that would be a Very Good Thing, so if you can confirm that
>it really is there or point to drivers, I'm sure you'd be very helpful
>to a lot of people wanting an easy way to move to Linux.

The original HTFS driver module for Linux was written back in 2001 by
Andrzej Dereszowski. I knew that I had seen it before, but I think
you're correct that there's no opensource driver available at the
moment. I very much doubt the reason for the absence of this driver is
technical, but rather due to the threat of legal action from the
litigious bastards at SCO. Apparently SCOG licenced this tech to a
company called CrosStor, who developed a closed module for Linux, but
I think they've since gone out of business (maybe little/no demand for
that particular proprietary product? ;-)

Seems like the options are either dumping to tape and restoring on
Linux, or throwing all the files across NFS/Samba/FTP/scp, or finding
Andrzej to ask for his driver patch (since it was 2001, it should
hopefully have been written for the 2.4.x kernel series).

-- 
FyRE < "War: The way Americans learn geography" >

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