From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 09:10:07 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: Brian Dukes cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32? In-Reply-To: <32f81880.801766@crox.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Brian Dukes wrote: > >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.... > > I'd imagine that a pointer will have to be placed into the boot sector > for the MASTER IFS of the boot drive; or possibly you have a the same > sort of thing that you do under Linux, use the partition type. > > 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, 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! Ok, well you use FAT then. We will use ext2. Everyone will be happy. :o) Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Question: Does anyone know how to get talk to work in Linux?