From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Fri, 7 Feb 1997 16:17:42 -0500 (EST)
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To:	Dave Pearson <davep AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
cc:	opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
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On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Dave Pearson wrote:

> Brian Dukes writes:
> 
> > >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....
> > 
> > [SNIP]
> >
> > 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, 
> 
> Neither can I, that's not what I'm suggesting or indeed asking.
> However, there is a very good reason why you'd want to not build all
> filesystems into the DOS kernel.

The only FS that need be put in the kernel is the root FS.

> > 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!
> 
> You have totally missed by point. I was wondering out loud about the
> idea of not building the filesystem into the kernel of DOS but having
> the filesystem loaded from (for example) CONFIG.SYS. No-one shifts
> filesystem lightly and the fact that you will loose the data should be
> pretty self evident to anyone.

The root filesystem MUST be in the kernel code otherwise
CONFIG.SYS can't be read *FROM* that filesystem.


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