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Too bad, I had a use for this and will be sad to see it go. I used this file system many times to copy data from diskettes created and formatted for CoherentOS
by jmclnx 4y ago
Too bad, I had a use for this and will be sad to see it go. I used this file system many times to copy data from diskettes created and formatted for CoherentOS. Will I need it in the future ? If I can find a nice ISA 486 maybe :)
https://www.autometer.de/unix4fun/coherent/ https://www.autometer.de/unix4fun/coherent/
- phendrenad2 4y agoHopefully someone reintroduces it as a loadable FUSE module for cases such as this.
- razor_router 4y agoPlenty of fish in the sea, really...
- viraptor 4y agoYou could still use it from an older kernel or a VM with older system. Those won't disappear for quite a while (if ever).
- rbanffy 4y agoAs Larry Ellison found out the hard way, it’s remarkably hard to kill free software.
- ajross 4y agoNeeding a utility to manage ~2MB of data for transport via legacy storage devices isn't the same thing as "I need a kernel filesystem driver", though. A python wrapper for simple formats like this around a block interface (fuse mount, etc...) is a few afternoons of work for someone. I bet anything someone's already written this.
- cbmuser 4y agoBeing orphaned doesn’t mean it’s being removed. Some subsystems will eventually get a new maintainer such as the floppy driver.