Comment on Could I just create my own drive format?
Spost@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
You can! All of those filesystems you mentioned were created by people, and you can do it just the same way. It is, however, quite a lot of work to get something as good as any of those, let alone better. You’ve also hit on one of the problems - nothing else is going to support your filesystem.
If you’re interested in trying anyway, just out of curiosity, do a little research into FUSE, Filesystem in Userspace. FUSE is a tool that lets you write a filesystem without needing to integrate with the very low-level parts of the operating system, which takes some burden off of your implementation.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Google fails me but my favorite application for FUSE was storing files in headers of ICMP packets using network latency for persistence.
e0qdk@reddthat.com 1 day ago
I wonder if anyone has ever passed messages between spacecraft as a peculiar form of delay line memory – or pinged a satellite at a predictable distance as part of a timing system…
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No but I look forward to this in the next Andy Weir novel
splendoruranium@infosec.pub 22 hours ago
Isn’t that just GPS in reverse? I mean, same equation, different dependent variable 😁
litchralee@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I vaguely recall what was effectively a delay-line implemented using terrahertz-modulated lasers aimed at the retro reflector on the moon from Earth’s surface. The data storage capacity was something in either the hundreds of GBs or low TBs. But I can’t find the reference.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
I think I’ve read about a similar project where someone would send packages across the internet, and use the delay as a form of memory. The capacity wasn’t great, but the idea was really cool regardless.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I love art
stsquad@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
So a network version of an acoustic delay line?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay-line_memory