[plug] Newbys guide

[Timothy White]

Timothy White wrote:

>>
>> Oh, the other thing I want is HPFS file system compatability, because
>> I have so much stuff on HPFS drives, and I have no intention of
>> scrapping my OS/2 until I'm comfortable with Linux.  This of course is
>> where "re-compile your kernel" is required, at which point I quit.
>> Linux has the ability to do so many things so much smarter, but nobody
>> does it. Have a look into installable file systems as implemented in
>> OS/2 for a glaring example.  And as a specific example of how
>> versatile installable file systems have a look at http://www.rsj.de/
>
>
Just read up on IFS. Basically kernel modules do the same thing. If you
have the src tree for your kernel I believe you can compile more modules
without recompiling the whole kernel (you also need the config file
which can be got from /proc/config.gz on some kernels.)

IIRC HPFS is in the kernel. I'll check later.

Tim

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