From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1E7dDY-0007K3-05 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:09:48 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E7dDF-00077t-R7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:09:30 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E7dD7-00073p-Gq for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:09:22 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E7dD7-00072U-9X for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:09:21 -0400 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E7d7K-000184-EI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:03:22 -0400 Received: from vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 638D28F36 for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:02:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.11]) by vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10646-08 for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:02:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09A49901C for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:02:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACFBAC046 for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:02:22 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <18191767366713@lycos-europe.com> From: Marco Gerards Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:02:23 +0200 In-Reply-To: <18191767366713@lycos-europe.com> (John DOE's message of "Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:26:53 +0000 (GMT)") Message-ID: <87pss4wmz4.fsf@student.han.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new (2.2.0) at vscan-cn.han.nl Subject: Re: How to write a grub2 driver ? Need help for ntfs & reiser4 ; -) ! X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:09:41 -0000 "John DOE" writes: Hi, Can you please be careful next time with HTML email? Many people on this list use mailclients that do not support HTML email so many people ignore your email because they can not read it. > When I take a look at your other drivers I see magic_number & other > things. Where did you find these magic numbers lol ? Usually from a specification or some docs. > I am not a programmer and I have never written a driver, so could > you provide me links or books to start ? If you want to learn about filesystem development, read this book: www.nobius.org/~dbg/practical-file-system-design.pdf Besides that, it is best to study simple filesystems like FAT and minixfs. It is hard to understand NTFS and reiserfs if you don't know the basics. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. -- Marco