From: MORRIS JP Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 16:55:53 GMT Message-Id: <199702041655.QAA03171@bowl> To: dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk, mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32? Cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk > From owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Sun Feb 2 14:38:48 1997 > From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca > Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 09:12:58 -0500 (EST) > X-Sender: root AT capslock DOT com > To: dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk > Cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net > Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32? > Mime-Version: 1.0 > > On Sun, 2 Feb 1997 dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk wrote: > > > [...] > > >> Dunno whether it works as FAT32 is not here at the time. It will be released > > >> with Windoze 96 (or whatever they call it) AFAIK. > > > > > >Actually, Win95 OEM Service Release 2 has FAT32 built in. > > >(And no, it wouldn't work, at least not until someone adds FAT32 > > >support....) > > > > If we're going to change operating system, can we at least change operating > > system to a *decent* one, like MinixFS or Ext2FS? FAT32 is another gross hack > > on top of VFAT which is a gross hack on top of FAT16 which is a gross hack on > > top of FAT12 which wasn't a decent file system when it was *developed*, let > > alone these days. It doesn't even have automatic defragmenting! > > > > If we used ext2, then not only do we get a fast, reliable file system, we get > > long filenames, *real* user/group attributes, symbolic links, Actually, I have created symbolic links (in lab conditions) under DOS using Norton Utility.. However, it goes a bit mad if you delete one of the links, run chkdsk etc. Needless to say I only did this on a floppy disk..! Symbolic links would be quite a feasible addition if all the read/write calls were trapped to be safe. > > > 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 > > Caldera sues Microsoft - Visit Caldera's website: www.caldera.com > > >