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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 97 21:56 NZST
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To: alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
From: Lorier <lorier AT ihug DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: Usage of directory entries
Cc: Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de, opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com
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At 06:39 PM 16/04/97 +0000, Alaric B. Williams wrote:
>On 16 Apr 97 at 20:55, Lorier wrote:
>
>> At the risk of introducing even more linux Bias into the list:
>> 
>> I think we should have a system for installing File systems.  MSCDEX has
>> some funny scheme for using installable file systems, how it works I dont
>> know, but I think it overrides most of int 21h to do it.
>
>Already been pointed out... we want a mounting system, definitely!

Ok, So I'm a newbie, so Sue me :)

>> Having a common interface to install ext2fs, umsdos, vfat, fat16, fat32 and
>> a file system for OpenDos. 
>
>Uhuh. Not forgetting NFS.

I didn't forget it, I ran out of Time to write every possible file system
there is :) We could go for Mac's FS (what ever it's called), CP/M, Amiga,
ProDos..... We could be here all day :)
 
>> I don't believe in corrupting fat anymore, any attempt that is made to add
>> "extensions" to it will be changed by M'soft to be as incompatible as
>> possible most likely, which is the closest you'll ever get to a complement
>> from them :)
>
>Anecdote: I have a friend who has installed NT4.0 in an NTFS partition,
>and OS/2 in a HPFS partition. Now, Microsoft have made the interesting
>choice of using the same partition type code for NTFS as IBM use
>for HPFS... so in both systems, he gets an extra drive icon which claims
>to be unformatted if you access it, and asks if you really wanna format
>it.
>
>That's blatantly evilness on Microsoft's part :-(

That is Truely Evil, Very Evil, Basically CRUEL :)