Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 16:18:24 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Mark Habersack <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
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To: pierre AT tycho DOT com
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Subject: Re: Usage of directory entries
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On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Pierre Phaneuf wrote:

> > I'm afraid ext2fs consumes too much RAM when accessed.. But it is ok as
> > optional fs..
> 
> Yes, when we only have 640k to work with, but for a subsequent OpenDOS/32
> release, this shouldn't be more of a problem than it is with Linux right
> now.
Not true. We have all the 4GB to use - nothing prevents OD software from using
32-bit prot mode or at least just XMS for the data!