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Overview of Amiga Filesystems

Amiga filesystem variant, mount option, protection flag와 volume link의 전문 번역입니다.

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요약·해설과 원문, 전문 번역을 서로 분리했습니다. API 이름, symbol, source path는 원문 표기를 사용합니다.

1. 요약·해설

원문의 핵심 논리와 kernel programming 관점의 보충 설명입니다. 아래의 전문 번역과는 별도로 작성했습니다.

요약·해설

affs.rst:1-250

AFFS는 Amiga DOS\0~DOS\5와 muFS를 다루며 protection flag, volume symbolic link와 Linux permission을 상호 변환합니다.

AFFS 핵심
영역핵심
read/writeDOS\0~DOS\3
read-onlyDOS\4~DOS\5
block size512/1024/2048/4096
symlink`prefix`와 volume name 변환
주의RDB backup, OFS mmap 제약, fsck 비활성

지원과 주의 영역을 빠르게 비교합니다.

2. 영어 원문 전체

번역 기준이 된 Linux v6.18.37 원문입니다. 줄 번호는 이 버전의 파일 좌표입니다.

원문 전체 펼치기
1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2
3 =============================
4 Overview of Amiga Filesystems
5 =============================
6
7 Not all varieties of the Amiga filesystems are supported for reading and
8 writing. The Amiga currently knows six different filesystems:
9
10 ============== ===============================================================
11 DOS\0 The old or original filesystem, not really suited for
12 hard disks and normally not used on them, either.
13 Supported read/write.
14
15 DOS\1 The original Fast File System. Supported read/write.
16
17 DOS\2 The old "international" filesystem. International means that
18 a bug has been fixed so that accented ("international") letters
19 in file names are case-insensitive, as they ought to be.
20 Supported read/write.
21
22 DOS\3 The "international" Fast File System. Supported read/write.
23
24 DOS\4 The original filesystem with directory cache. The directory
25 cache speeds up directory accesses on floppies considerably,
26 but slows down file creation/deletion. Doesn't make much
27 sense on hard disks. Supported read only.
28
29 DOS\5 The Fast File System with directory cache. Supported read only.
30 ============== ===============================================================
31
32 All of the above filesystems allow block sizes from 512 to 32K bytes.
33 Supported block sizes are: 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096 bytes. Larger blocks
34 speed up almost everything at the expense of wasted disk space. The speed
35 gain above 4K seems not really worth the price, so you don't lose too
36 much here, either.
37
38 The muFS (multi user File System) equivalents of the above file systems
39 are supported, too.
40
41 Mount options for the AFFS
42 ==========================
43
44 protect
45 If this option is set, the protection bits cannot be altered.
46
47 setuid[=uid]
48 This sets the owner of all files and directories in the file
49 system to uid or the uid of the current user, respectively.
50
51 setgid[=gid]
52 Same as above, but for gid.
53
54 mode=mode
55 Sets the mode flags to the given (octal) value, regardless
56 of the original permissions. Directories will get an x
57 permission if the corresponding r bit is set.
58 This is useful since most of the plain AmigaOS files
59 will map to 600.
60
61 nofilenametruncate
62 The file system will return an error when filename exceeds
63 standard maximum filename length (30 characters).
64
65 reserved=num
66 Sets the number of reserved blocks at the start of the
67 partition to num. You should never need this option.
68 Default is 2.
69
70 root=block
71 Sets the block number of the root block. This should never
72 be necessary.
73
74 bs=blksize
75 Sets the blocksize to blksize. Valid block sizes are 512,
76 1024, 2048 and 4096. Like the root option, this should
77 never be necessary, as the affs can figure it out itself.
78
79 quiet
80 The file system will not return an error for disallowed
81 mode changes.
82
83 verbose
84 The volume name, file system type and block size will
85 be written to the syslog when the filesystem is mounted.
86
87 mufs
88 The filesystem is really a muFS, also it doesn't
89 identify itself as one. This option is necessary if
90 the filesystem wasn't formatted as muFS, but is used
91 as one.
92
93 prefix=path
94 Path will be prefixed to every absolute path name of
95 symbolic links on an AFFS partition. Default = "/".
96 (See below.)
97
98 volume=name
99 When symbolic links with an absolute path are created
100 on an AFFS partition, name will be prepended as the
101 volume name. Default = "" (empty string).
102 (See below.)
103
104 Handling of the Users/Groups and protection flags
105 =================================================
106
107 Amiga -> Linux:
108
109 The Amiga protection flags RWEDRWEDHSPARWED are handled as follows:
110
111 - R maps to r for user, group and others. On directories, R implies x.
112
113 - W maps to w.
114
115 - E maps to x.
116
117 - D is ignored.
118
119 - H, S and P are always retained and ignored under Linux.
120
121 - A is cleared when a file is written to.
122
123 User id and group id will be used unless set[gu]id are given as mount
124 options. Since most of the Amiga file systems are single user systems
125 they will be owned by root. The root directory (the mount point) of the
126 Amiga filesystem will be owned by the user who actually mounts the
127 filesystem (the root directory doesn't have uid/gid fields).
128
129 Linux -> Amiga:
130
131 The Linux rwxrwxrwx file mode is handled as follows:
132
133 - r permission will allow R for user, group and others.
134
135 - w permission will allow W for user, group and others.
136
137 - x permission of the user will allow E for plain files.
138
139 - D will be allowed for user, group and others.
140
141 - All other flags (suid, sgid, ...) are ignored and will
142 not be retained.
143
144 Newly created files and directories will get the user and group ID
145 of the current user and a mode according to the umask.
146
147 Symbolic links
148 ==============
149
150 Although the Amiga and Linux file systems resemble each other, there
151 are some, not always subtle, differences. One of them becomes apparent
152 with symbolic links. While Linux has a file system with exactly one
153 root directory, the Amiga has a separate root directory for each
154 file system (for example, partition, floppy disk, ...). With the Amiga,
155 these entities are called "volumes". They have symbolic names which
156 can be used to access them. Thus, symbolic links can point to a
157 different volume. AFFS turns the volume name into a directory name
158 and prepends the prefix path (see prefix option) to it.
159
160 Example:
161 You mount all your Amiga partitions under /amiga/<volume> (where
162 <volume> is the name of the volume), and you give the option
163 "prefix=/amiga/" when mounting all your AFFS partitions. (They
164 might be "User", "WB" and "Graphics", the mount points /amiga/User,
165 /amiga/WB and /amiga/Graphics). A symbolic link referring to
166 "User:sc/include/dos/dos.h" will be followed to
167 "/amiga/User/sc/include/dos/dos.h".
168
169 Examples
170 ========
171
172 Command line::
173
174 mount Archive/Amiga/Workbench3.1.adf /mnt -t affs -o loop,verbose
175 mount /dev/sda3 /Amiga -t affs
176
177 /etc/fstab entry::
178
179 /dev/sdb5 /amiga/Workbench affs noauto,user,exec,verbose 0 0
180
181 IMPORTANT NOTE
182 ==============
183
184 If you boot Windows 95 (don't know about 3.x, 98 and NT) while you
185 have an Amiga harddisk connected to your PC, it will overwrite
186 the bytes 0x00dc..0x00df of block 0 with garbage, thus invalidating
187 the Rigid Disk Block. Sheer luck has it that this is an unused
188 area of the RDB, so only the checksum doesn't match anymore.
189 Linux will ignore this garbage and recognize the RDB anyway, but
190 before you connect that drive to your Amiga again, you must
191 restore or repair your RDB. So please do make a backup copy of it
192 before booting Windows!
193
194 If the damage is already done, the following should fix the RDB
195 (where <disk> is the device name).
196
197 DO AT YOUR OWN RISK::
198
199 dd if=/dev/<disk> of=rdb.tmp count=1
200 cp rdb.tmp rdb.fixed
201 dd if=/dev/zero of=rdb.fixed bs=1 seek=220 count=4
202 dd if=rdb.fixed of=/dev/<disk>
203
204 Bugs, Restrictions, Caveats
205 ===========================
206
207 Quite a few things may not work as advertised. Not everything is
208 tested, though several hundred MB have been read and written using
209 this fs. For a most up-to-date list of bugs please consult
210 fs/affs/Changes.
211
212 By default, filenames are truncated to 30 characters without warning.
213 'nofilenametruncate' mount option can change that behavior.
214
215 Case is ignored by the affs in filename matching, but Linux shells
216 do care about the case. Example (with /wb being an affs mounted fs)::
217
218 rm /wb/WRONGCASE
219
220 will remove /mnt/wrongcase, but::
221
222 rm /wb/WR*
223
224 will not since the names are matched by the shell.
225
226 The block allocation is designed for hard disk partitions. If more
227 than 1 process writes to a (small) diskette, the blocks are allocated
228 in an ugly way (but the real AFFS doesn't do much better). This
229 is also true when space gets tight.
230
231 You cannot execute programs on an OFS (Old File System), since the
232 program files cannot be memory mapped due to the 488 byte blocks.
233 For the same reason you cannot mount an image on such a filesystem
234 via the loopback device.
235
236 The bitmap valid flag in the root block may not be accurate when the
237 system crashes while an affs partition is mounted. There's currently
238 no way to fix a garbled filesystem without an Amiga (disk validator)
239 or manually (who would do this?). Maybe later.
240
241 If you mount affs partitions on system startup, you may want to tell
242 fsck that the fs should not be checked (place a '0' in the sixth field
243 of /etc/fstab).
244
245 It's not possible to read floppy disks with a normal PC or workstation
246 due to an incompatibility with the Amiga floppy controller.
247
248 If you are interested in an Amiga Emulator for Linux, look at
249
250 http://web.archive.org/web/%2E/http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/
251

3. 한국어 전문 번역

영어 원문의 문단 순서와 의미를 유지한 전체 번역입니다. 코드, 함수명, symbol과 URL은 원문 표기를 유지합니다.

Amiga filesystem 종류와 block size

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Amiga의 여섯 filesystem variant가 모두 같은 read/write 수준으로 지원되는 것은 아닙니다. `DOS\0` old/original filesystem, `DOS\1` original Fast File System, `DOS\2` accented filename의 대소문자 처리 bug를 고친 international old filesystem, `DOS\3` international Fast File System은 read/write를 지원합니다.

directory cache가 있는 original filesystem `DOS\4`와 Fast File System `DOS\5`는 read-only입니다. directory cache는 floppy directory 접근을 크게 빠르게 하지만 file 생성과 삭제를 느리게 하므로 hard disk에는 이점이 적습니다.

이 filesystem들은 512 byte부터 32 KiB block을 허용하지만 Linux AFFS가 지원하는 block size는 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 byte입니다. 큰 block은 대부분의 작업을 빠르게 하지만 disk 공간을 낭비하며 4 KiB를 넘는 이득은 비용에 비해 작습니다. 각 형식의 muFS multi-user variant도 지원합니다.

Amiga filesystem 지원
형식의미지원
`DOS\0`old/original filesystemread/write
`DOS\1`original Fast File Systemread/write
`DOS\2`international old filesystemread/write
`DOS\3`international Fast File Systemread/write
`DOS\4`original + directory cacheread-only
`DOS\5`Fast File System + directory cacheread-only

DOS variant별 의미와 Linux AFFS 접근 모드입니다.

.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

=============================
Overview of Amiga Filesystems
=============================

Not all varieties of the Amiga filesystems are supported for reading and
writing. The Amiga currently knows six different filesystems:

==============        ===============================================================
DOS\0                The old or original filesystem, not really suited for
                hard disks and normally not used on them, either.
                Supported read/write.

DOS\1                The original Fast File System. Supported read/write.

DOS\2                The old "international" filesystem. International means that
                a bug has been fixed so that accented ("international") letters
                in file names are case-insensitive, as they ought to be.
                Supported read/write.

DOS\3                The "international" Fast File System.  Supported read/write.

DOS\4                The original filesystem with directory cache. The directory
                cache speeds up directory accesses on floppies considerably,
                but slows down file creation/deletion. Doesn't make much
                sense on hard disks. Supported read only.

DOS\5                The Fast File System with directory cache. Supported read only.
==============        ===============================================================

All of the above filesystems allow block sizes from 512 to 32K bytes.
Supported block sizes are: 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096 bytes. Larger blocks
speed up almost everything at the expense of wasted disk space. The speed
gain above 4K seems not really worth the price, so you don't lose too
much here, either.

The muFS (multi user File System) equivalents of the above file systems
are supported, too.

AFFS mount option

41-103

`protect`는 protection bit 변경을 막습니다. `setuid[=uid]`는 모든 file과 directory owner를 지정 UID 또는 현재 사용자 UID로 정하고, `setgid[=gid]`는 같은 방식으로 GID를 정합니다.

`mode=mode`는 원래 permission과 관계없이 octal mode를 적용합니다. directory는 대응 `r` bit가 있으면 `x`도 얻습니다. 일반 AmigaOS file이 대개 `600`으로 mapping되므로 유용합니다.

`nofilenametruncate`는 filename이 표준 최대 길이 30자를 넘으면 truncate하지 않고 error를 반환합니다. `reserved=num`은 partition 시작의 reserved block 수이며 기본 2, `root=block`은 root block number, `bs=blksize`는 512/1024/2048/4096 중 block size입니다. 뒤의 세 option은 보통 AFFS가 자동으로 알아내므로 필요하지 않습니다.

`quiet`는 허용되지 않은 mode 변경에도 error를 반환하지 않습니다. `verbose`는 mount할 때 volume name, filesystem type, block size를 syslog에 기록합니다.

`mufs`는 disk가 자신을 muFS로 식별하지 않지만 실제로 muFS처럼 쓰일 때 지정합니다. `prefix=path`는 AFFS absolute symbolic link의 모든 path 앞에 붙으며 기본값은 `/`입니다. `volume=name`은 AFFS에서 absolute symbolic link를 만들 때 앞에 붙일 volume name이며 기본값은 빈 문자열입니다.

AFFS mount option
option동작
`protect`protection bit 변경 금지
`setuid[=uid]`전체 owner UID 지정
`setgid[=gid]`전체 group GID 지정
`mode=mode`octal mode 강제
`nofilenametruncate`30자 초과 filename에 error
`reserved=num`partition 앞 reserved block 수, 기본 2
`root=block`root block number
`bs=blksize`512/1024/2048/4096 byte
`quiet`불허 mode 변경 error 억제
`verbose`mount 정보를 syslog에 기록
`mufs`미표시 filesystem을 muFS로 취급
`prefix=path`absolute symlink volume path 앞에 추가
`volume=name`새 absolute symlink에 volume name 추가

모든 원문 option과 핵심 동작입니다.

Mount options for the AFFS
==========================

protect
                If this option is set, the protection bits cannot be altered.

setuid[=uid]
                This sets the owner of all files and directories in the file
                system to uid or the uid of the current user, respectively.

setgid[=gid]
                Same as above, but for gid.

mode=mode
                Sets the mode flags to the given (octal) value, regardless
                of the original permissions. Directories will get an x
                permission if the corresponding r bit is set.
                This is useful since most of the plain AmigaOS files
                will map to 600.

nofilenametruncate
                The file system will return an error when filename exceeds
                standard maximum filename length (30 characters).

reserved=num
                Sets the number of reserved blocks at the start of the
                partition to num. You should never need this option.
                Default is 2.

root=block
                Sets the block number of the root block. This should never
                be necessary.

bs=blksize
                Sets the blocksize to blksize. Valid block sizes are 512,
                1024, 2048 and 4096. Like the root option, this should
                never be necessary, as the affs can figure it out itself.

quiet
                The file system will not return an error for disallowed
                mode changes.

verbose
                The volume name, file system type and block size will
                be written to the syslog when the filesystem is mounted.

mufs
                The filesystem is really a muFS, also it doesn't
                identify itself as one. This option is necessary if
                the filesystem wasn't formatted as muFS, but is used
                as one.

prefix=path
                Path will be prefixed to every absolute path name of
                symbolic links on an AFFS partition. Default = "/".
                (See below.)

volume=name
                When symbolic links with an absolute path are created
                on an AFFS partition, name will be prepended as the
                volume name. Default = "" (empty string).
                (See below.)

Amiga·Linux 사용자와 protection flag 변환

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Amiga에서 Linux로 변환할 때 `RWEDRWEDHSPARWED` protection flag 중 `R`은 user/group/other의 `r`로 mapping되고 directory에서는 `x`도 뜻합니다. `W`는 `w`, `E`는 `x`로 mapping하며 `D`는 무시합니다.

`H`, `S`, `P`는 항상 보존하지만 Linux에서는 무시하고, `A`는 file에 write할 때 clear합니다. `setuid` 또는 `setgid` mount option이 없으면 저장된 UID/GID를 사용합니다. 일반적인 single-user Amiga filesystem은 대개 root 소유입니다.

Amiga root directory에는 UID/GID field가 없으므로 mount point는 실제 mount한 사용자가 소유합니다.

Linux에서 Amiga로 변환할 때 `r`은 user/group/other의 `R`, `w`는 `W`, user execute는 일반 file의 `E`를 허용합니다. `D`는 모두에게 허용하고 suid, sgid 같은 나머지 flag는 무시하며 보존하지 않습니다. 새 file과 directory는 현재 사용자의 UID/GID와 umask에 따른 mode를 받습니다.

AFFS protection flag mapping
방향입력결과
Amiga → Linux`R``r` 및 directory의 `x`
Amiga → Linux`W``w`
Amiga → Linux`E``x`
Amiga → Linux`D`무시
Amiga → Linux`H/S/P`보존하되 Linux에서 무시
Amiga → Linux`A`write 시 clear
Linux → Amiga`r/w/x(user)``R/W/E`
Linux → Amiga기타 mode flag무시하고 보존하지 않음

양방향 permission 변환을 한 표로 정리했습니다.

Handling of the Users/Groups and protection flags
=================================================

Amiga -> Linux:

The Amiga protection flags RWEDRWEDHSPARWED are handled as follows:

  - R maps to r for user, group and others. On directories, R implies x.

  - W maps to w.

  - E maps to x.

  - D is ignored.

  - H, S and P are always retained and ignored under Linux.

  - A is cleared when a file is written to.

User id and group id will be used unless set[gu]id are given as mount
options. Since most of the Amiga file systems are single user systems
they will be owned by root. The root directory (the mount point) of the
Amiga filesystem will be owned by the user who actually mounts the
filesystem (the root directory doesn't have uid/gid fields).

Linux -> Amiga:

The Linux rwxrwxrwx file mode is handled as follows:

  - r permission will allow R for user, group and others.

  - w permission will allow W for user, group and others.

  - x permission of the user will allow E for plain files.

  - D will be allowed for user, group and others.

  - All other flags (suid, sgid, ...) are ignored and will
    not be retained.

Newly created files and directories will get the user and group ID
of the current user and a mode according to the umask.

AFFS mount 예

169-180

Amiga Workbench disk image는 `mount Archive/Amiga/Workbench3.1.adf /mnt -t affs -o loop,verbose`처럼 loop mount할 수 있습니다. block device partition은 `mount /dev/sda3 /Amiga -t affs`로 mount합니다.

`/etc/fstab` 예는 `/dev/sdb5 /amiga/Workbench affs noauto,user,exec,verbose 0 0`입니다.

AFFS mount 예
대상설정
ADF image`-t affs -o loop,verbose`
partition`mount /dev/sda3 /Amiga -t affs`
fstab`noauto,user,exec,verbose 0 0`

image, partition, fstab 세 사용법입니다.

Examples
========

Command line::

    mount  Archive/Amiga/Workbench3.1.adf /mnt -t affs -o loop,verbose
    mount  /dev/sda3 /Amiga -t affs

/etc/fstab entry::

    /dev/sdb5        /amiga/Workbench    affs    noauto,user,exec,verbose 0 0

Windows 95의 Rigid Disk Block 손상 주의

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Amiga hard disk를 PC에 연결한 채 Windows 95를 boot하면 block 0의 byte `0x00dc..0x00df`를 쓰레기 값으로 덮어 Rigid Disk Block checksum을 무효화할 수 있습니다. 이 영역은 RDB에서 사용하지 않으므로 Linux는 checksum 불일치를 무시하고 RDB를 인식하지만, 다시 Amiga에 연결하기 전 복원하거나 수리해야 합니다.

Windows를 boot하기 전에 RDB backup을 만들어야 합니다. 이미 손상됐다면 원문의 명령은 첫 block을 `rdb.tmp`로 읽고 `rdb.fixed`를 복제한 다음 offset 220의 4 byte를 zero로 만들고 disk에 다시 씁니다.

이 명령은 raw disk를 직접 덮어쓰므로 device 이름을 잘못 지정하면 data를 잃습니다. 원문도 `DO AT YOUR OWN RISK`라고 경고합니다.

RDB 복구 명령의 의미
`dd if=/dev/<disk> of=rdb.tmp count=1`로 첫 block backup`cp rdb.tmp rdb.fixed`로 작업 사본 생성`dd if=/dev/zero ... seek=220 count=4`로 네 byte clear`dd if=rdb.fixed of=/dev/<disk>`로 RDB write

위험한 raw write 절차를 명령 순서 그대로 설명합니다.

IMPORTANT NOTE
==============

If you boot Windows 95 (don't know about 3.x, 98 and NT) while you
have an Amiga harddisk connected to your PC, it will overwrite
the bytes 0x00dc..0x00df of block 0 with garbage, thus invalidating
the Rigid Disk Block. Sheer luck has it that this is an unused
area of the RDB, so only the checksum doesn't match anymore.
Linux will ignore this garbage and recognize the RDB anyway, but
before you connect that drive to your Amiga again, you must
restore or repair your RDB. So please do make a backup copy of it
before booting Windows!

If the damage is already done, the following should fix the RDB
(where <disk> is the device name).

DO AT YOUR OWN RISK::

  dd if=/dev/<disk> of=rdb.tmp count=1
  cp rdb.tmp rdb.fixed
  dd if=/dev/zero of=rdb.fixed bs=1 seek=220 count=4
  dd if=rdb.fixed of=/dev/<disk>

AFFS bug·제약·주의사항

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모든 기능이 충분히 시험된 것은 아니며 최신 bug 목록은 `fs/affs/Changes`를 확인합니다. 기본적으로 filename은 경고 없이 30자로 truncate되며 `nofilenametruncate`로 error 반환 방식으로 바꿀 수 있습니다.

AFFS filename 비교는 대소문자를 무시하지만 Linux shell glob은 대소문자를 구분합니다. 따라서 `rm /wb/WRONGCASE`는 `/mnt/wrongcase`를 지울 수 있지만 `rm /wb/WR*`는 shell이 이름을 먼저 match하므로 동작하지 않을 수 있습니다.

block allocation은 hard disk partition용으로 설계되었습니다. 여러 process가 작은 floppy에 동시에 쓰거나 공간이 부족하면 block 배치가 좋지 않을 수 있습니다.

OFS는 488-byte block 때문에 program file을 memory-map할 수 없으므로 program을 실행할 수 없고, 같은 이유로 그 filesystem 안의 image를 loopback device로 mount할 수 없습니다.

AFFS partition이 mount된 상태에서 system이 crash하면 root block의 bitmap valid flag가 틀릴 수 있습니다. 현재는 Amiga disk validator 또는 수동 작업 없이 손상된 filesystem을 고칠 방법이 없습니다.

부팅 때 AFFS partition을 mount한다면 `/etc/fstab`의 여섯 번째 field를 `0`으로 두어 fsck가 검사하지 않게 할 수 있습니다. 일반 PC나 workstation의 floppy controller는 Amiga와 호환되지 않아 Amiga floppy를 읽을 수 없습니다.

Linux용 Amiga emulator 자료는 `http://web.archive.org/web/%2E/http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/`에서 확인합니다.

AFFS 주요 제약
영역제약
filename기본 30자 truncate, case-insensitive AFFS와 case-sensitive shell 차이
allocation작은 disk 동시 write나 공간 부족에서 비효율
OFS488-byte block 때문에 executable mmap과 loopback 불가
crash recoverybitmap valid flag 수리에는 Amiga validator 필요
fsckfstab 여섯 번째 field `0` 권장
floppy일반 PC controller와 Amiga 형식 비호환

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Bugs, Restrictions, Caveats
===========================

Quite a few things may not work as advertised. Not everything is
tested, though several hundred MB have been read and written using
this fs. For a most up-to-date list of bugs please consult
fs/affs/Changes.

By default, filenames are truncated to 30 characters without warning.
'nofilenametruncate' mount option can change that behavior.

Case is ignored by the affs in filename matching, but Linux shells
do care about the case. Example (with /wb being an affs mounted fs)::

    rm /wb/WRONGCASE

will remove /mnt/wrongcase, but::

    rm /wb/WR*

will not since the names are matched by the shell.

The block allocation is designed for hard disk partitions. If more
than 1 process writes to a (small) diskette, the blocks are allocated
in an ugly way (but the real AFFS doesn't do much better). This
is also true when space gets tight.

You cannot execute programs on an OFS (Old File System), since the
program files cannot be memory mapped due to the 488 byte blocks.
For the same reason you cannot mount an image on such a filesystem
via the loopback device.

The bitmap valid flag in the root block may not be accurate when the
system crashes while an affs partition is mounted. There's currently
no way to fix a garbled filesystem without an Amiga (disk validator)
or manually (who would do this?). Maybe later.

If you mount affs partitions on system startup, you may want to tell
fsck that the fs should not be checked (place a '0' in the sixth field
of /etc/fstab).

It's not possible to read floppy disks with a normal PC or workstation
due to an incompatibility with the Amiga floppy controller.

If you are interested in an Amiga Emulator for Linux, look at

http://web.archive.org/web/%2E/http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/