Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/05/05:17:38
> From owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Sun Feb 2 14:38:48 1997
> From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
> Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 09:12:58 -0500 (EST)
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> To: dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk
> Cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
> Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
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> On Sun, 2 Feb 1997 dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk wrote:
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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,
Actually, I have created symbolic links (in lab conditions) under DOS using
Norton Utility..
However, it goes a bit mad if you delete one of the links, run chkdsk etc.
Needless to say I only did this on a floppy disk..!
Symbolic links would be quite a feasible addition if all the read/write calls
were trapped to be safe.
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