On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:27:44 -0700 (PDT), Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Ken Nakata wrote:
> 
> > How hard would it be to implement a *read-only* HFS layer with just
> > enough functionality to enable sysinst to read dist set files off of
> > local HFS partitions?
> 
> If you don't mind GPL'd code

The thing is, we do ;-)

> All that's really needed would be a kernel with a compiled in MFS volume
> that has hfsutils (or the HFS mounter of your choice).  The rest could be
> done in straight up ANSI C.

That could be a solution, but it's inherently MD (i.e. mac68k specific
- since no other port, perhaps except macppc, needs that).  I kinda
hate that.

Ken