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Old 07 December 2012, 14:56   #41
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What I'd really like to see in an Amiga ROM is native support for Linux Ext2 filesystem! Then it would be possible to format and install a HDD for a real classic Amiga on any Linux PC without emulators, which would be very convenient, plus it is generally a better filesystem than FFS in many ways.

I could perhaps do this myself if I knew where to begin.
Linux has supported Amiga filesystems for years (CONFIG_AFFS_FS kernel option). You should always compile kernel and applications yourself, you never know what features you are missing out on

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Most notably, support for affs can be compiled into Linux kernels, and offers full read, write and format support on FFS and OFS partitions of all dostypes except DOS\6 and DOS\7 (which are probably incredibly rare).

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