From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-04 15:37:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada OS talk (was: Progress on AdaOS) Date: 4 Sep 2001 21:28:01 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: <9n3h11$9ic1@news.cis.okstate.edu> References: <9n2jcd$b50$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e5129.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12728 Date: 2001-09-04T21:28:01+00:00 List-Id: On Tue, 4 Sep 2001 09:02:04 -0400, Marin David Condic wrote: > Any OS can treat the file system as a whole separate issue. Any Ada OS would > probably want to be able to read NTFS, Unix files, MS-DOS files, etc. as > well as maybe supporting its own thing. The point is, that discussion can be > stalled off until there is first a working Kernel capable of running a file > system. But you don't want to fall into the trap of ignoring the file system. File systems are key part of an style - a FAT style fs, a VFAT style fs, a NTFS style fs, a Unix style fs, a Mac OS fs - all made their mark on their systems, with permissions, valid file names and structure. -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I don't care if Bill personally has my name and reads my email and laughs at me. In fact, I'd be rather honored." - Joseph_Greg