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I would argue that the CS Theory Stack Exchange is dedicated to the theory of computation not file systems theory or file systems in general. – Ryan Apr 8 '11 at 19:12

Quite a few more questions could be added to the list if some votes for higher questions were moved to lower ones. – CoffeeRain Mar 30 at 21:37

The Computer Science site is open for questions about filesystem design. – Gilles Apr 14 at 23:37

35 Example Questions (4 closed)

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added by Anto Apr 12 '11 at 19:20

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added by Gagravarr May 28 '11 at 19:48

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added by muntoo, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Dec 27 '11 at 10:39

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added by mfg Apr 19 '11 at 17:31

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added by mfg Apr 19 '11 at 17:30

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added by muntoo, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Dec 27 '11 at 10:39

I think that a placeholder should be used instead of "FAT32" and "flash drive", like why is [FS] used for [MEDIA]? – Robert Arkenin Apr 23 at 23:28

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added by Ryan Apr 8 '11 at 16:41

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added by muntoo, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Feb 9 at 18:16

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added by Ryan Apr 28 '11 at 12:20

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added by Gagravarr May 28 '11 at 19:45

Wouldn't it be more a feature of VFS then FS? – Maciej Piechotka Sep 15 '11 at 17:57

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added by dmeister, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Feb 9 at 18:16

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added by Maciej Piechotka, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Feb 9 at 18:17

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added by Veger Sep 14 '11 at 8:48

	maybe also "what types of encryption exist", or "what levels of security/encryption exist" - etc. – Tomas Feb 17 at 15:37
	I would suggest to propose a new example question! :) – Veger Feb 17 at 16:55

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added by Veger Sep 14 '11 at 8:47

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added by Dipan Mehta Nov 15 '11 at 15:28

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added by Veger Sep 14 '11 at 8:49

OMG, it's Microsoft! – Tomas Feb 17 at 15:35

It's between [] which should indicate that it is a field where any OS can be filled in, and Microsoft is an example value... – Veger Feb 17 at 16:54

I think this is not constructive. Moderators, correct me if I'm wrong. – DragonLord May 17 at 18:19

@DragonLord: If you don't find the question constructive, you can either down-vote it or, if you have the reputation, vote to close the question as not constructive. – Robert Cartaino♦ May 17 at 21:21

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added by vakufo Mar 9 at 14:39

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added by vakufo Mar 9 at 14:32

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added by dwurf Apr 26 at 6:09

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added by Robert Arkenin Apr 14 at 22:03

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added by Ghost Answer Apr 27 at 6:44

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added by Anto Apr 12 '11 at 19:20

closed as off topic by Charles Stewart, mfg, 一二三, ogerard, kiamlaluno May 2 '11 at 6:23

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

This would belong on => Super User. – Mechanical snail Jul 15 '11 at 18:14

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added by mfg Apr 19 '11 at 17:34

closed as off topic by kiamlaluno, Brian Reichle, Yuri Stuken, yurymik, crucified soul Jun 9 '11 at 8:03

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Intended as Off-Topic; Super-User would probably get better answers – mfg Apr 19 '11 at 17:36

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added by Gagravarr May 28 '11 at 19:53

closed as off topic by Brian Reichle, Yuri Stuken, yurymik, crucified soul, Jay Kominek Jul 1 '11 at 17:45

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Intended as an off-topic example, better suited for Super-User or Server Fault – Gagravarr May 28 '11 at 19:54

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added by vakufo Mar 9 at 14:43

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added by vakufo Mar 9 at 15:26

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added by vakufo, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Apr 25 at 17:15

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added by Robert Arkenin May 2 at 17:55

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added by James Youngman May 13 at 19:36

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added by James Youngman May 13 at 20:00

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added by James Youngman May 13 at 20:07

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added by adrianmcmenamin Dec 27 '11 at 18:36

You do not need to use a Dreamcast to test it. It should mount VMU volumes via loopback - I can supply a 'blank' VMU volume file for testing. – adrianmcmenamin Dec 27 '11 at 18:37