Simplest (practical) file system?

From: ben franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Sun Jul 27 12:52:00 2003

Bob Shannon wrote:
> What is the simplest usable disk file system to implement?
>
> More specifically, if your going to write a disk file system from
> scratch, what would be the easiest way to implement
> some basic file system functionality?
>
> How did some of the very early DOS systems allocate disk space in the
> days before FAT tables, etc?
>
> Just how simply can this be done?
>
>

Use the whole disk ... block by block ... FIG FORTH worked this way.
Received on Sun Jul 27 2003 - 12:52:00 BST