Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 11:11:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT 55-174 DOT hy DOT cgocable DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: DOS utilities (was Re: A few FS notions)
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On Thu, 8 May 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> > I think that NWCDEX.EXE and ODMOUSE.EXE, as well as the file systems
> > drivers, shouldn't be included in the base syste but in separate systems.
> > Probably that NWCDEX.EXE will be left behind and reimplemented as a
> > ISO-9660 file system driver, just as for ext2, NTFS or HPFS...
> 
> Sure, sounds good, but the other functions in there need to be
> allocated elsewhere then.  Right now we've got NWCDEX, so where
> does it go?  Remember, CDROMs are becoming more and more
> important, and you need the driver to access the disk.  I think
> of these drivers as an extension of the kernel (which really they
> are) and thus should be part of the BASE set.  Just my opinion
> though, we need more input from other people too.

Just like I said, in the RPM system, the BASE package doesn't even have
the kernel in it! It has a directory structure and a few other things,
that's all. So I don't know for NWCDEX... ;-) Anyway, we'll see to having
a sensible system!

Pierre Phaneuf