From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 5 11:32:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA09534 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 11:32:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eac.iafrica.com (196-7-192-166.iafrica.com [196.7.192.166]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA09482 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 11:32:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by eac.iafrica.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA00395; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 20:30:18 +0200 From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199608051830.UAA00395@eac.iafrica.com> Subject: Re: Status of MSDOS filesystem support? To: larry@avalon.cbl.cees.edu (Larry Lentner) Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 20:30:16 +0200 (SAT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199608051640.MAA14347@avalon.cbl.cees.edu> from "Larry Lentner" at Aug 5, 96 12:40:36 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Larry Lentner wrote: > I've been hearing rumors that "the next release" of FreeBSD would > have support for MSDOS filesystems, but it doesnt appear that 2.1.5 > does. Is that in the works for 2.2? FreeBSD has included support for MS-DOS filesystems for some time. This support does tend to be temperamental, particularly when used to access certain large DOS partitions. However, it can be perfectly usable (at least for simple data transfers) if set up optimally. That said, I am actively working on a replacement filesystem, which includes VFAT (ie. Windows 95 long filename, etc) support. As this is a part-time project, I can't absolutely guarantee availability in 2.2, but I am currently working with that in mind. -- Robert Nordier