Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 1 Aug 1999 16:25:36 +0100 (GMT) | | From | Riley Williams <> | | Subject | Re: Your backup is unsafe! |
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Hi Khimenko.
>>> The whole vfat design is "disaster waiting to happen" :-/
>> The original design is, yes, but then, that came from Microsoft, >> so what can one expect. The Linux implementation isn't too bad >> in a lot of ways, but there are a few tweaks that are needed to >> polish it up to the professional standards that Linus generally >> requires.
> You can not workaround general flaws in design.
Certain Intel Pentium class chips had a "general flaw" in their design that gained the nickname "F00F Bug", but Linux manages to quite successfully work round the said problem. I can see no good reason why the same shouldn't be true of the flaws in the VFAT design.
> Linux has mostly the same problem with vfat as Win9X/WinNT > itself.
There's no need to introduce additional flaws to the design. I see the hidden filenames as an additional flaw that needs fixing, although I agree with Alexander that the case of directories with dual names needs careful consideration.
Best wishes from Riley.
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