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From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com>
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Subject: Re: When msdosfs (re)finished?
To: mpp@freefall.freebsd.org (Mike Pritchard)
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 23:27:01 +0200 (SAT)
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In-Reply-To: <199605312042.NAA12167@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Mike Pritchard" at May 31, 96 01:42:41 pm
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Mike Pritchard wrote:
> 
> Robert Nordier wrote:
> > 
> > As far as I know, I'm the only one actively working on the msdosfs
> > code.  The rewritten msdosfs (now 'vfatfs') is mostly complete in
> > essentials, but I'm still reconsidering the way VFAT support is
> > implemented, and trying out various strategies for handling the
> > metadata updates so as to best support 'fsck'-style recovery.
> 
> FYI:  I don't recall if this has been mentioned before, but
> I noticed that NetBSD has an fsck for msdos now.  

Thanks.  Yes: brand new, and apparently not based on any of the
other DOS fscks around.

Considering I just finished writing one for FreeBSD a week ago,
this seems like great timing. :(

Still, it means I just happen to have a 76 disk-image test suite
to try it on....

--
Robert Nordier