From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: rm -d and mangled fat entries
Date: 09 Mar 2000 10:35:35 -0800
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Damian Yerrick <DONT DOT YOU DOT DAREd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comSEND DOT SPAM> writes:

> On Thu, 9 Mar 2000 14:16:08 +0200 (IST), Eli Zaretskii
> <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
> 
> >
> >On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, nimrod a. abing wrote:
> >
> >> Too bad there isn't a DJGPP port.
> >> 
> >> Q: Will there be an fsck port for DJGPP?
> >>    If not, plz explain why.
> >
> >I don't think fsck can be ``ported'' to DJGPP, since the filesystems
> >supported by DJGPP are totally different from Unix filesystems.
> 
> That is, unless a FAT fsck comes with Linux.

It does; my linux box has a `dosfsck' command.  I don't care to go
digging for the source just now (it would be old anyway) but it could
probably be found.

Of course, it will presumably use Unix block devices, which might be a
pain to port (or might motivate this for fsext...)

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Nate Eldredge
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