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Date:      Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:56:09 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@incunabulum.net>, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/fs/msdosfs msdosfs_vfsops.c
Message-ID:  <200707231956.17778.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <46A47C62.10507@incunabulum.net>
References:  <200707230710.l6N7AHd8008351@repoman.freebsd.org> <46A47C62.10507@incunabulum.net>

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On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Bruce M. Simpson wrote:
> >   Make using msdosfs as the root file system sort of work:
>
> In case anyone is wondering 'Why the hell would anyone wish to do
> this?' consider the case of various embedded systems and small
> devices where the medium is pre-formatted as MS-DOS. or where the
> format on the medium is tied to MS-DOS for other reasons. And it'll
> also let you boot FreeBSD from your digital camera if your hard disk
> fails.

Also good for USB flash disks since paritioning them in a way that keeps=20
Windows happy AND allows you to boot FreeBSD is.. non-obvious.

=2D-=20
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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are so many of them to choose from."
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