Re: [Freedos-devel] BtrFS filesystem in FreeDOS

[Ralf A. Q. <Fr...@gm...>]

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)...


>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.

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...

Ralf