LZ: Ram Expander File System

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LZ: Ram Expander File System

    Of course the files can and will get fragmented, so there needs to be
some universal organization of the files on the expander.  Look at the
MacOS file system(most effecient single-user file system in use) for
example, the first sector of the disk is boot information (not needed) and
a Master Directory Block (also not needed unless we want to use folders and
file types). But after that, there are several blocks containing important
information, how many files are on the disk and list of ALL free blocks,
and the starting block of all files on the disk.  Then, at the end of the
file fragments, there is a word, telling where the next file fragment is.
This is a good model for the file system of the expander.  The first
several kilobytes could be the header info, and it would be up to the
individual programs to read/write files properly, and update the header
information.


                                   -C.J.-






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