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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
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Subject: Re: using only DOS filesystem
To: phk@freefall.cdrom.com (Poul-Henning Kamp)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 95 18:48:29 MDT
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> > 
> > Here's something to try on a lark:  boot and run FreeBSD using only
> > native DOS file partitions, possibly creating a ufs file partition
> > in a large DOS file w/ the vn pseudo-driver.
> 
> Been there, done that.
> 
> You make a kernel with a MFS as root, and you can do it without
> any problems.
> 
> Performance SUCKS!

Rewrite the MSDOSFS to keep the FAT in core.  Read the CMU paper
comparing DOSFS and UFS under MACH... there are *many* was to cheat.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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