Linux's SystemV Filesystem Support Being Orphaned

Re:Linux's SystemV Filesystem Support Being Orphaned by jmclnx on Friday February 17, 2023 @09:30AM (#34835045)

Too bad, I had a use for this and will be sad to see it go. I used this file system many times to copy data from diskettes created and formatted for CoherentOS. Will I need it in the future ? If I can find a nice ISA 486 maybe :)

https://www.autometer.de/unix4fun/coherent/

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Re:Linux's SystemV Filesystem Support Being Orphaned by viraptor on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:28AM (#34835704)

You could still use it from an older kernel or a VM with older system. Those won't disappear for quite a while (if ever).

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Re:Linux's SystemV Filesystem Support Being Orphaned by rbanffy on Friday February 17, 2023 @12:37PM (#34837694)

As Larry Ellison found out the hard way, it’s remarkably hard to kill free software.

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Re:Linux's SystemV Filesystem Support Being Orphaned by ajross on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:30AM (#34835737)

Needing a utility to manage ~2MB of data for transport via legacy storage devices isn't the same thing as "I need a kernel filesystem driver", though.

A python wrapper for simple formats like this around a block interface (fuse mount, etc...) is a few afternoons of work for someone. I bet anything someone's already written this.

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Re:Linux's SystemV Filesystem Support Being Orphaned by razor_router on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:49AM (#34836001)

Plenty of fish in the sea, really...

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Re:Linux's SystemV Filesystem Support Being Orphaned by cbmuser on Friday February 17, 2023 @11:12AM (#34836431)

Being orphaned doesn’t mean it’s being removed. Some subsystems will eventually get a new maintainer such as the floppy driver.

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Re:Linux's SystemV Filesystem Support Being Orphaned by phendrenad2 on Friday February 17, 2023 @11:37PM (#34843943)

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