Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Nov 1998 13:59:58 -0500 (EST) | From | "Bruce A. Locke" <> | Subject | Re: What use are the MSDOS and UMSDOS filesystems? |
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It's good for situations where you temporarily need more space but can't get rid of your dos/windows partition yet. Also UMSDOS is a great tool for beginners. I used to make a small UMSDOS distribution awhile back and many people were interested in it. Most people liked it because they did not feel advanced enough to attempt a full blown install and it gave them an opportunity to see if Linux supported all their hardware. I also got a couple emails about ppl interested in a UMSDOS dist. in Point of Sale machines. It would appear that UMSDOS is not worthy of death yet :)
___________________________________________________________ Bruce A. Locke locke98@cs.newpaltz.edu
On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Riley Williams wrote:
> Hi Mike. > > > Well, only to be technically correct and perfect I suppose, but > > does anyone really still use MSDOS/UMSDOS filesystems for anything > > under Linux? I mean, I have MSDOS mounted rw for data sharing and > > DOSEMU access, but not for storing any Linux stuff on. Before I had > > UMSDOS for extra Linux space in a limited system setting. > > Personally, I don't use either for anything. I don't even have either > compiled into my kernel... > > I have an MSDOS partition, used with MSDOS 6.22 and WIndows 3.11, > which I share data with, but I mount it using the VFAT file system so > as to minimise name mangling and related problems. > > Best wishes from Riley. > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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