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Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 07:12:18 +0000
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From: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" <Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
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In article <Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970207161558 DOT 4560S-100000 AT capslock DOT com>,
mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca writes
>> You have totally missed by point. I was wondering out loud about the
>> idea of not building the filesystem into the kernel of DOS but having
>> the filesystem loaded from (for example) CONFIG.SYS. No-one shifts
>> filesystem lightly and the fact that you will loose the data should be
>> pretty self evident to anyone.
>
>The root filesystem MUST be in the kernel code otherwise
>CONFIG.SYS can't be read *FROM* that filesystem.

Not strictly true.  How do you think the root filesystem will be read
from disk to read in the rest of the IFS drivers? :)

The kernel is usually placed at the start of the boot drive, so any file
system could be placed in it.

-- 
DrDebug

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