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SubjectRe: Larger dev_t
Dan Hollis wrote:
>
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > c) Make sure chown/chmod/link/symlink/rename/rm etc does the right thing,
> > without the need for "tar hacks" or anything equivalently gross.
>
> write-through filesystem, like overlaying a r/w ext2 on top of an iso9660
> fs.
>

This is not necessarily the right way to do it, since it may not carry
with it the appropriate information. Richard, I belive, was planning to
implement this using devfsd.

-hpa

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