Decided to use my own file system for the boot floppy

crazygray1 · Post by **crazygray1** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:26 pm

I decided to first design my file system and then use that for the floppy I boot from. I figure by doing this it will be easier than learning FAT.
Basically "I designed it I know all about it". At some point I'll write a program for working with images formatted this way but until then I'll work on the FS design.

Shalted · Post by **Shalted** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:53 pm

This isn't really a question, or an answer, or a piece of information, more of just a statement... :/

Relevance?

Alboin · Post by **Alboin** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:25 pm

Shalted wrote:Relevance?

Maybe he wants our opinion?

If so, I should say that creating your own FS due to laziness in learning preexisting FS is somewhat misplaced. In fact, if you're going to create your own, you should study several other FS's beforehand to learn form their mistakes and flaws.

crazygray1 · Post by **crazygray1** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:35 pm

If so, I should say that creating your own FS due to laziness in learning preexisting FS is somewhat misplaced. In fact, if you're going to create your own, you should study several other FS's beforehand to learn form their mistakes and flaws.

Actually I've been doing that. It's not out of laziness, I just thought I could simplify Fat somewhat and make it simpler to write the code to load my OS.

Edit: I shouldn't have said "easier than learning FAT"

in fact I am very familiar with fat and have done a bunch of research so again it's not out of laziness.

Shalted · Post by **Shalted** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:08 pm

Alboin wrote:
Shalted wrote:Relevance?
Maybe he wants our opinion?

If so, I should say that creating your own FS due to laziness in learning preexisting FS is somewhat misplaced. In fact, if you're going to create your own, you should study several other FS's beforehand to learn form their mistakes and flaws.

Not to be an @$$ hole / forum Nazi, but this is a question forum.

Forum Index wrote: OS Development
Question about which tools to use, bugs, the best way to implement a fuction, etc should go here. Don't forget to see if your question is answered in the wiki first! When in doubt post here.

If it were a discussion question, it should have been in "OS Design & Theory", or even possibly, due to the structure of the post, "General Ramblings".

But then again, these forum's moderators are very light about moving/deleting posts. (Not saying I would/could do a better job).

Not to mention the fact that you need a question (in most cases) to start a discussion. If you state something, without a question, you'd probably think it's the best idea, the purpose of a discussion is to extrapolate your ideas, and work off of, or with other people's.

But I stand by my original statement, that the post has little or no relevance, because of the lack of a question.

P.S. I realize my post has no questions either...

Alboin · Post by **Alboin** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:14 pm

Shalted wrote:Not to be an @$$ hole / forum Nazi, but this is a question forum.

If you were a forum Nazi you would know enough not to make any references to the Third Reich.

Shalted wrote:If it were a discussion question, it should have been in "OS Design & Theory", or even possibly, due to the structure of the post, "General Ramblings".

They're more like guidelines anyway...

Shalted wrote:But I stand by my original statement, that the post has little or no relevance, because of the lack of a question.

Agreed, although, I've seen worse.

crazygray1 · Post by **crazygray1** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:45 am

Yeah I forgot which forum I was in...