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From: Olaf Dietsche <olaf+list.linux-fsdevel@olafdietsche.de>
Subject: Re: Beginner Filesystem
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:31:24 +0200
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"atticclaw" <atticclaw@indiatimes.com> writes:

>    I am a beginner to filesystem and linux kernel coding in general
> . I found a number of file system in linux kernel . I would like to
> know which is the easiest one to understand (It should be non
> journalled and non distributed ) and pref should have a write support
> . Also I would be thankfull if the filesystem has decent design
> documentation on the internet

The easiest fs is ramfs. The easiest on disk is probably minix and
msdos.

Regards, Olaf.