From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Tue, 4 Feb 1997 09:10:07 -0500 (EST)
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To:	Brian Dukes <bdukes AT crox DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
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On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Brian Dukes wrote:

> >Hmm, there is an interesting question. If filesystem support is loaded
> >from CONFIG.SYS, and you want to have a 100% VFAT or even ext2fs
> >filesystem, how will DOS be able to read the filesystem to find
> >CONFIG.SYS so that it can load the file system driver that is required
> >to read things from the filesystem that CONFIG.SYS is held on....
> 
> I'd imagine that a pointer will have to be placed into the boot sector
> for the MASTER IFS of the boot drive; or possibly you have a the same
> sort of thing that you do under Linux, use the partition type.
> 
> To be honest, I can't see that its going to be practical to move from
> one IFS to another nilly-willy just by changing an instruction in the
> CONFIG.SYS, for one the data stored under one IFS would be fairly
> incompatible with the data stored under another .. and therefore, in
> order to switch between filing systems you would probably ZAP the
> partition first!

Ok, well you use FAT then.  We will use ext2.  Everyone will be
happy. :o)

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