
	This is lde, the Linux disk editor for Minix/Linux
partitions.  Currently only the Minix fs is supported (i.e.  no
ext2fx, xiafs, etc.) and it really isn't an editor, more of a viewer
(it only has a read-only mode).  Someday, it will be an editor, but
right now it's main purpose is to recover files which may have been
accidentally erased or just to poke around the filesystem to see what
it's made of.  I've written a LaTeX introduction to the Minix file
system and am including it with the distribution, one day it may work
it's way into the LDP.

	This project started as a major hack to fsck.  Because
of this, it is possible to compile fsck out of the same code,
and I hope this will become the standard Minix fsck distribution.
I've added a few options to fsck which are best documented in
the man page.  They allow you do dump single or multiple 
inodes or blocks to standard out.  Also, there is some primitive
search code to aid in recovering trashed files.

	Also, in fsck the functions write_table() and map_block() 
were allowed to write to the disk even if the repair flag was omitted.
I have deactivated this "feature" and wonder if anyone can tell me 
why it is there?

				Scott D. Heavner
				sdh@po.cwru.edu
				November 11, 1993

This is a pre-release version.  I'm kicking this out to get some feedback
on the program and will release an official version in the next month,
if I get any useful feedback.  It is very usable, but there are probably
many bugs which I have overlooked.  It is read-only, so it won't hurt
anything.  I am interested to know how many people still use the Minix fs,
feel free to write me if you have problems or if you find this program useful.

Also, if you act now, you get a free mkfs patch which allows you to 
specify the number of inodes on the fs.  This is useful to cut down the 
overhead on floppies (-i 32 frees up 14k -- from 1421 free blocks
to 1435).  This may also be useful to increase the number of inodes
on a spool partition.

This is a src and binary release, you get it all, even a free
mkfs binary (6k, S&H included).
