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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 07:52:14 +0000
From: Dave Pearson <davep AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
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Brian Dukes writes:

> The original question/idea was to have an IFS= type command in
> CONFIG.SYS ... all I was saying is that its not practical because
> its too damn easy to change and to mess things up for one.

Like with OS/2 for example? 

> I haven't missed your point Dave, I just didn't dwell on it.  Your
> point if I may paraphrase was that in order to read the IFS=
> instruction from CONFIG.SYS, the boot process would need to know
> something about the IFS in place in order to locate the config.sys
> and start processing it!  And what tells the boot process which IFS
> is installed?

Correct. OS/2 does it, so it should be possible. I was just wondering
out loud about hwo you do this.

> The fact that these instructions were in the CONFIG.SYS would mean
> that ANYONE would have the ability to alter the current IFS= without
> any pre-thought!   

Like with OS/2.

> How many times have you had to go in and tidy up someones CONFIG.SYS
> after they messed!  What if someone took out the IFS= line by
> accident then rebooted?

You boot from a boot floppy, change to C: (or whatever) and fix it,
just like with OS/2.

> I think we should look at operating systems like OS/2 or Linux to see
> how they achieve the same goal 

Indeed, OS/2 does it from CONFIG.SYS. :-)

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