Version 0.4 of vmount is now available from

    ftp://hal.kph.tuwien.ac.at/pub/NeXT/tools/vmount/*
    ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Unix/disk/vmount*

The files "vmount-Linux-2.0.25.s.gnutar.gz" and "vmount-ntfs-cs.s.gnutar.gz"
have not changed! There is no need to waste bandwidth if you have already
fetched them with a previous version.

The most important new feature: tremendous speed improvement due to a
disk cache.

* What has changed since 0.2?
=============================
- Added support for extended partitions, thereby changing the numbering
  scheme for partitions.
- Changed meaning of -s parameter from sector size to partition size
- Added -v option to print the version number and exit

* What has changed since 0.3?
=============================
- Vmount works with 4GB disks now
- Improved limit-checking on large partitions
- Implemented a disk cache, which brings a _tremendous_ speed improvement
- As a consequence of the disk cache, the iso9660 filesystem works now


If you still don't know what vmount is, here some excerpts from the README:

* What does vmount do?
======================
vmount is a utility that allows you to mount foreign filesystems in your
directory hierarchy. It uses the NFS-interface to the kernel to make the
files available and the Linux code for the lowlevel filesystem access.

* What do I need to run vmount?
===============================
To run vmount:
1.) An i386 based machine (i386 is the CPU-class, not the
    actual processor).
2.) NEXTSTEP 3.2 or higher (I have only tested on 4.0, however).

To compile from the sources:
1.) NEXTSTEP 3.3 Developer or higher. I have also tested with gcc 2.7.2
    and NEXTSTEP 3.2 Developer, this works too. gcc 2.2.2, which comes
    with 3.2 Developer, complains about prototype mismatches for built
    in functions. This can probably be solved easily, but I have not
    tried. You should edit the Makefile to reflect the compiler you
    intend to use.
2.) GNU-make. Openstep 4.0 and higher comes with GNU-make, it is
    available under the name "gnumake".

And, of course, you need the vmount distribution:
    vmount.0.4.I.b.gnutar.gz        for the binary only distribution
    vmount.0.4.I.s.gnutar.gz        for the vmount sources
    vmount-Linux-2.0.25.s.gnutar.gz for the Linux filesystem sources
        This directory contains the "fs" and "include" hierarchy of the
        Linux kernel sources. "fs" contains only the filesystem specific
        subdirectories.
    vmount-ntfs-cs.s.gnutar.gz      for the modified ntfs sources


For more information please read the README file at
ftp://hal.kph.tuwien.ac.at/pub/NeXT/tools/vmount/vmount-0.4.I.README

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