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Date:      Tue, 11 Jun 1996 19:10:03 +0200 (SAT)
From:      Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com>
To:        khetan@iafrica.com (Khetan Gajjar)
Cc:        fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bit 7 in filenames
Message-ID:  <199606111710.TAA01192@eac.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960611001441.7009F-100000@chain.iafrica.com> from "Khetan Gajjar" at Jun 11, 96 00:15:07 am

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(Moved from -hackers to -fs)

Khetan Gajjar wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 10 Jun 1996, Robert Nordier wrote:
> 
> >No, the vfatfs is probably about 80 percent complete, but still in
> >pieces, and not expected in -current for a while.
> 
> Ok.
> 
> >As the msdosfs code has changed comparatively little, the msdosfs
> >fixes will probably apply to most recent versions of FreeBSD.
> >These patches should be out in a few weeks and will address the
> >problem of corrupting BSD partitions.
> 
> What about dos partitions ? ;-)

I don't think I've any records relating to the msdosfs corrupting
its own partition (but I'm still working through all the msdosfs-related
stuff I've collected over several months).

Anyway, the aim of the patches will be to remedy those reproducible
serious problems that won't require fundamental design changes.

--
Robert Nordier



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