Quoting Kade Hansson <kade.hansson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Dave Higton wrote: > > Presumably it would be possible to plug in a drive formatted to > > ext2, ext3, reiserfs, or whatever, and RISC OS should be able > > to read and write it. Whether that's of any use to anybody is > > another matter. > > > > One other thing: I think it's time we appropriated a partition > > type code for RISC OS. > > > Perhaps, but you do know that RISC OS FileCore/ADFS (to be referred to > just as ADFS from here on out) traditionally does not use DOS-style > partition tables. Instead, ADFS assumes that the first partition of a > disc is its own. (Or if not, it passes it around for things like DOSFS > to claim.) Yes, I understand; but there seems no reason /in/ /principle/ why ADFS shouldn't be able to cope with a RISC OS partition. BDFS does, AIUI. You "simply" (!) read everything relative to the first sector of the ADFS partition. Dave --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support