Mail Archives: opendos/2001/01/05/20:31:43.1
There are DOSes available now that will work with FAT 32. DRDOS has drivers
to work with FAT 32. Most of this stuff I have seen thus far is buggy. The
real problem I find is using utilities like NORTON and PCTools. Also
spplications do not work with LFN.
The main reason I use DOS is because I have tons of old DOS software I still
like to use.
I also use Linux and DOSLinux. Linux is a true 32 bit multitasking,
multiuser, multiprocessing OS. I has speed and as far as I am concerned is
the best OS currently available and will work on many platforms, not just
IBM PC clones.
I still keep and use DOS even though I mostly use Linux. If you do not have
a large collection of old DOS software and games, etc. There really is no
reason to use DOS over Linux, other than DOS is easier to learn. Linux is
getting very easy to use these days. Back in the early days of Linux, it was
quite a feat to install it and get everything running. You had to read a lot
of man files and howto files to get everything running. Most distributions
today have pretty much autmated the install and setup process for Linux.
There are also many good books available now for linux which were not
avaialable in the early days of linux. I started using Linux with the Fall
1995 edition of the Infomagic Linux Toolsbox. Now five years later, Linux is
much easier to learn and install. With DOSLinux, it will take you longer to
read the install instructions than it takes to install it and be on the
internet with all of your accounts setup. (about 10 minutes.) DOSLinux can
be installed on a FAT 16, FAT 32, or a native linux partition ext2fs. I have
not checked out the newer versions of DOSLinux but understand it may also be
able to be installed on OS/2 HPFS and NT NTFS file systems as well. Thus if
you have no free drive space, you do not have to repartition your drive(s).
I always keep a few partitions on each drive and can change those partitions
to whatever file system I wish to use.
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Stevenson" <jims AT eos DOT arc DOT nasa DOT gov>
To: <bartlett AT smart DOT net>; <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: Dos future?
> HOw likely and soon should we have a Dos that works with fat32?
>
> Why run dos when doslinux and other linux brands are available?
>
> If you quote me, please put your comments first.
> I have already listened to mine.
>
> Thanks.
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