[Parted-edge] Libraries for file-systems

[Otavio Salvador]

Andrew Clausen <clausen at econ.upenn.edu> writes:

> Here's my (irrelevant?) 2 cents: There are two problems with using
> command line wrappers:
>
>  - accessing devices.  I don't know how it would be possible to
> implement "resize-the-start" reasonably by directly accessing the device
> through the OS.  That is, if the start is expanded, then how is the
> new space addressed?
> 	I suspect the solution is to have fake devices that allow
> you to address the union of the new and old storage space.  This can
> probably be implemented by intercepting syscalls, or some kind of
> userspace device driver.

Good catch!

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