Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/01/21:08:36
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>> Dunno whether it works as FAT32 is not here at the time. It will be released
>> with Windoze 96 (or whatever they call it) AFAIK.
>
>Actually, Win95 OEM Service Release 2 has FAT32 built in.
>(And no, it wouldn't work, at least not until someone adds FAT32
>support....)
If we're going to change operating system, can we at least change operating
system to a *decent* one, like MinixFS or Ext2FS? FAT32 is another gross hack
on top of VFAT which is a gross hack on top of FAT16 which is a gross hack on
top of FAT12 which wasn't a decent file system when it was *developed*, let
alone these days. It doesn't even have automatic defragmenting!
If we used ext2, then not only do we get a fast, reliable file system, we get
long filenames, *real* user/group attributes, symbolic links,
autodefragmenting, and a/m/c timestamps. This has to be a good thing.
FAT32 compatability is not an issue, considering that anyone who uses OpenDOS
will not be using Win95. So why not go for the technically superior solution?
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