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Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 22:01:54 +0100
From: Florian Xaver <florianx AT drdos DOT org>
Organization: www.drdos.org
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To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: FW: I need a FAT32 Walkthrough for DR DOS!
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Hi!

> I would appreciate some help on the FAT32 issue, regarding DR DOS support.


I would be also interested for private use and for my drdos site.

 
> 1. Is it really possible to have FAT32 support enabled and working
> perfectly, without problems, under DR DOS? Does anyone here run this
> configuration successfully in a dayly basis?


Not perfectly, because it is a redirector. This means no NWCACHE support
etc. a FAT32 kernel was developed, but it isn't avaiable in the normal 
version.

 
> 2. What one should have/download in order to enable this support?


The fat32 (you should find it at www.drdos.org /.net), for Network 
somewhere should be also an update avaiable.

 
> 3. Once obtained the proper drivers/files/etc..., how are they installed and
> configured?


Theoreticly you have to add a line in config.sys 
(devicehigh=drfat32.sys) and autoexec.bat (drfat32.exe)


> 4. Are there any limitations for the FAT32 support, like, maximum disk size
> supported, long file names, special partitioning, etc...?
> 5. Any other suggestions that may come to mind regarding this topic?

No, but the last FreeDOS kernel supports FAT32....not without bugs, but.....

bye,
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