Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 12:41:14 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: ksmm@cybercom.net (The Classiest Man Alive) Cc: joa@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VFAT 32 support in msdosfs Message-ID: <199704261941.MAA07443@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970426035451.006fa82c@cybercom.net> from "The Classiest Man Alive" at Apr 25, 97 11:54:51 pm
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> >Is there VFAT32 support in the current msdosfs? If not,m I'd be ready to try
> >and do it..
> >Note: From what I've heared, Windows95 that supports VFAT isn't even shipped
> >any more. So this will probably be dying out soon.. :-)
> >
>
> Where'd you hear that? Doesn't seem like Microsoft to just break the chain
> of backward compatibility like that.
New machines shiped with OEMSR2 come with VFAT32 preinstalled. This
is basically every new Dell and similar manufacturer's machines.
These machines are capable of reading long-name-in-volume-label FAT
drives ("VFAT"). But the partitions they use by default, and the
partition table format, and the MBR and the io.sys/io.dos/msdos.dos
where the INT 21 interface is instantiated *all* expect VFAT32. I'm
not sure that an OEMSR2 INT 21 is capable of identifying and booting
from a "VFAT" drive at all.
Certaily, tools like "parted" will have to be updated...
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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