Re: settrans

[cbbrowne@godel.brownes.org]

On Mon, 06 Sep 1999 14:45:31 EDT, the world broke into rejoicing as
Michael Bacarella <mbac@nyct.net>  said:
> 
> > What is settrans ? I've seen in the easy guide that is used to mount
> > devices and set up network; but which is it's real utility ?
> > Why don't have a mount command ?
> 
> A fundamental concept of the Hurd is something known as translators. These
> are usually Hurd servers that are hung off of filesystem nodes.
> 
> Hurd servers could basically do anything, some of which implement
> filesystems like ext2 and ufs. When you mount a filesystem, you
> essentially attach the ext2fs translator to a mount point, and telling the
> translator which partition to use.
> 
> The mount command is currently a script which calls settrans with
> the proper arguements based on the command line supplied.
> 
> According to the TODO list, a binary mount is desired.

Is there a decent set of documentation on settrans out there?

I've been trying to get a Hurd instance to speak to my network; it
has not been terribly successful thus far, and I think what I'm not
properly understanding is settrans.
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