Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 17:17:59 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>, Haikal Saadh <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM supercomputer Message-ID: <20000704171759.A233@parish> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007031446530.55166-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>; from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu on Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 02:47:14PM -0700 References: <xzpwvj3skcm.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007031446530.55166-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 02:47:14PM -0700, Doug White wrote:
> On 3 Jul 2000, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
>
> > "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> writes:
> > > I think this is a common misconception. Windows NT did (does?) have a
> > > OS/2-like subsystem, but the resemblance ends there.
> >
> > Well, NTFS is a bastardized HPFS. They even use the same partition
> > type number and it's hard to tell them apart without actually trying
> > to mount them.
>
> There's a reason the NT installer will destroy any HPFS partitions it
> finds.
>
Huh? I've installed NT (3.51 & 4) on a PC running OS/2 and it didn't
trash the HPFS partition.
BTW, although M$ dropped support for HPFS in NT4 it is still possible
to restore that feature.
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