[TUHS] Unix v6 File System information

Warren Toomey wkt at tuhs.org
Mon Feb 22 06:24:54 AEST 2016


On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 09:36:12AM -0600, Will Senn wrote:
> Thanks for the link. Let me ask a follow up question. Supposing I
> created a byte faithful representation of a V6 filesystem on my mac,
> would I then be able to load the file in simh as an RK05 and mount and
> access its files and directories from a V6 instance? If I need to post
> in the SimH list, let me know.
> Will

Yes. When we brought up the 1972 Unix kernel, I wrote a C tool to make and
populate the filesystem as a disk image, which we could then attach to SimH.
See mkfs.c in https://github.com/DoctorWkt/unix-jun72/tree/master/tools

Cheers, Warren



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