Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 05:04:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
To: NukeEmUp AT thepentagon DOT com
cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DOS utilities (was Re: A few FS notions)
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On Wed, 7 May 1997, David Cantrell wrote:

> "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca> wrote:
> 
> > Here is my suggestion of what to start off with:
> > 
> > BASE package (16-bit OpenDOS version)
> > 	IBMDOS.COM
> > 	IBMBIO.COM
> > 	COMMAND.COM
> > 	FDISK
> > 	SYS
> > 	INSTALL.EXE
> > 	EMM386.EXE
> > 	OPENDOS\DRIVERS\NWCDEX.EXE
> > 	OPENDOS\DRIVERS\ODMOUSE.EXE
> > 	OPENDOS\DRIVERS\NWCACHE.EXE
> > 	OPENDOS\FILESYS\FAT.SYS
> > 	OPENDOS\FILESYS\EXT2.SYS
> > 	OPENDOS\FILESYS\NTFS.SYS
> > 	OPENDOS\FILESYS\HPFS.SYS
> 
> I would think that NWCACHE is NOT needed, and that EXT2, NTFS, and 
> HPFS should be options.  You would also need a text editor, so that 
> you could manually change your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT in case 
> you have weirdo hardware which needs manual tweaking.  Oh, and you 
> forgot FORMAT (you can't SYS an unformatted drive ;-)

A modern operating system without a disk cache?  HAHAHAHAHAHA
good one!  When you say ext2, ntfs and hpfs should be options,
what exactly do you mean?  Including them in the base system is
necessary for people to install opendos from floppy on to a
native root filesystem of that type.  Since one of the first
things done when installing an OS is partitioning and formatting,
the filesystem drivers are necessary on the base package.

The files that I listed weren't what I thought the base package
should be limited to, but rather a short list of what to start
with and for others to expand upon.  I didn't want to type 200
filenames by myself you know.... :o)




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