Free list in SCO file system

[Peter Renzland]

>From article <2576 at netmbx.UUCP>, by thomax at netmbx.UUCP (Thomas Kaulmann):
> help! i need info about the sco xenix file system for 286's and 386's.

( Thomas says it doesn't do it the way the manual says )

Well, it sure does it the right way on any XENIX system I've seen.
(But, be careful: 286 and 386 versions have different freelist sizes -- 
don't mount a 286 disk on a 386 system or you can get into big trouble.)

In a recent data rescue mission I reversed 99% of the effect of someone
doing "rm -rf /", under 2.1.3, and I wouldn't have been able to it without
a reliable freelist.

Now, if only someone could tell me why XENIX destroys all the INODE contents,
except for the dates, when the last link goes ...
(and please don't say "security" -- the data itself is left intact).

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Peter Renzland @ Ontario Ministry of Health  416/964-9141  peter at ontmoh.UUCP