NTFS, fat32, exfat, could I theoretically create my own filesystem? If so would my computer even be able to work with most files or connect to other devices?

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[–] 101 points 1 year ago (9 children)

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.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Google fails me but my favorite application for FUSE was storing files in headers of ICMP packets using network latency for persistence.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    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...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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