From: Jim M. <jmi...@ya...> - 2014-06-18 10:02:38
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Q:what opttions were used to get DOSLFN to work with what version of FREEDOS? Q:were there any other required drivers to be im place? Q:what did config.sys and autoexec.bat look like? Jim Michaels >________________________________ > From: Rugxulo >To: fre...@li... >Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 3:39 PM >Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] BtrFS filesystem in FreeDOS > > >Hi, > >On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Ralf A. Quint <Fr...@gm...> wrote: >> At 03:22 PM 7/18/2012, sergei karhof wrote: >> >>>It's strange, because the LEAN filesystem was designed to work on >>>FreeDOS-32, which is a DOS too, judging by the name. Can someone >>>explain the incongruence. BTW, is FreeDOS-32 dead or what? >> >> IMHO, it was dead right from the start, as those folks that started >> it didn't have a clue on what they would get them self into. >> You can simply not create a 32bit OS that is still compatible with >> DOS, you will end up writing a complete new (and different OS)... > >A few years ago, one of the main developers left (for various reasons, >e.g. preference for different licensing). So the few others haven't >really done much since (except for a sporadic LEANfs add-on >documentation or whatever-the-heck it is). > >>>What I was would be willing to settle for, eventually, is ANY >>>filesystem with extended attributes that can be used from within >>>(Free)DOS. But from what you have told me the prospects do not seem >>>very bright right now... :( >> >> The DOS file system is FAT(16/32). DOS is based upon this, even long >> file names on FAT32 are a crutch shoe horned into it to still be >> partially compatible. > >DOSLFN still works pretty well, so we can't complain too hard. >(Patents expiring in 2017 ftw!!!) > >> Considering that there are no DOS application that can handle things >> like "Extended Attributes", what is the purpose of trying to use it with DOS? >> >> IMHO people should use DOS the way it was designed (and working for >> decades) instead of continuously trying to turn it into the second >> coming of Linux or the like... > >Still, I don't think it's a horrible idea to add another file system, >but outside of paying someone (e.g. Ben Lunt, assuming he'd even have >time or interest), I don't see how it can be done. > >Even userland things like Odi's LFN Tools and LTOOLS don't work for >me. So I dunno. And yes, at one time I thought HPFS would be cool to >somehow enable for FreeDOS (esp. since OS/2 used it). > >Or maybe some of us (??) should focus on a DOSEMU-only ttyLinux >distro. At least that would have some built-in support for other file >systems, if you really needed reliability or speed or whatever. (But >it feels like a lot of work, blech.) > >Alas, there's always more to do. :-P > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Live Security Virtual Conference >Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions >will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware >threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >_______________________________________________ >Freedos-devel mailing list >Fre...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > > |