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From: "Roberto Reale" <rreale@iol.it>
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Subject: Re: A translator for the MINIX file system
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On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 05:21:17PM +0200, Roberto Reale wrote:
> huge limitations with the needs of a modern environment (e.g., the
> first version of the MINIX inode reserves only 8 bits for the UID!),

  Apparently, I am unable to get rid of my very bad habit of not re-reading
a message until I have sent it...  What I meant to say, is, of course, that
the old MINIX file system used to reserve in its inodes 8 bits for the 
group ID (not the UID).

Thanks,
Roberto