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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 00:15:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT 55-174 DOT hy DOT cgocable DOT ca>
Reply-To: pierre AT tycho DOT com
cc: opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Usage of directory entries
In-Reply-To: <AA1-fLpW27@mpak.convey.ru>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970418001355.4185C-100000@55-174.hy.cgocable.ca>
MIME-Version: 1.0

On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, -= ArkanoiD =- wrote:

> > I think that we should just do ext2 (But I'm subtly biased).  Leave FAT for
> > dead (and Microsoft) :)
> 
> I'm afraid ext2fs consumes too much RAM when accessed.. But it is ok as
> optional fs..

Yes, when we only have 640k to work with, but for a subsequent OpenDOS/32
release, this shouldn't be more of a problem than it is with Linux right
now.

Pierre Phaneuf


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