DOS ain't dead - DOS File System efforts

DOS File System efforts (Developers)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 24.12.2007, 19:53

> There's no risk (or chance) that FreeDOS will get anything in
> this direction in the foreseeable future.

I dunno, depends on who's willing and able (not me, sadly).

> It doesn't even have a FAT32 capable CHKDSK!

dosfsck 2.11.DOS3, 8 Aug 2007, FAT32, LFN

> There is a FAT32+ implementation in EDR-DOS WIP versions AFAIK. That's
> good, it's a nice toy for DOS fanatics or those who know exactly what they
> are doing. What I don't want is this toy being advertised as a safe DOS
> extension, intended for all DOS users.

As opposed to all the other completely stable and perfectly bugless DOS software? Of course, major bugs should be eliminated, but minor stuff may never be. We're used to that by now. (And as already was mentioned, this "hack" is probably easier to implement than, say, ReiserFS.)

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Complete thread:

GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 03:40 (Developers)
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Steve, 21.12.2007, 05:38
- The Death Of FAT32+ - Japheth, 21.12.2007, 07:24
  - --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 22:13
    - --- DEATH --- - sol, 21.12.2007, 22:30
      - --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 22:46
        --- DEATH --- - Steve, 21.12.2007, 23:22
    - Rest in Peace, Fat32+! No Resurrection possible! - Japheth, 21.12.2007, 23:12
      - -- DEATH -- (anyone has a solution for >4GiB files in DOS ?) - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 23:46
        First get all facts! - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 00:15
        --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 22.12.2007, 00:24
        --- DEATH --- - sol, 22.12.2007, 05:17
        --- DEATH --- - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 09:45
        --- DEATH --- - Steve, 22.12.2007, 10:08
        DOS API extension for files > 4 GB - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 10:28
        --- DEATH --- - sol, 23.12.2007, 23:29
        --- DEATH --- - Matjaz, 24.12.2007, 10:03
        DOS File System efforts - Japheth, 24.12.2007, 17:06
        DOS File System efforts - Rugxulo, 24.12.2007, 19:53
        DOS File System efforts - sol, 25.12.2007, 02:17
        DOS File System efforts - Japheth, 25.12.2007, 09:10
        DOS File System efforts - Rugxulo, 26.12.2007, 21:34
        HPFS for DOS - Rugxulo, 09.09.2008, 22:48
        --- DEATH --- - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 08:57
  - 1 a later, DOS fs enh committee, please report what you got - DOS386, 29.12.2008, 02:41
    - Just noise? - Japheth, 29.12.2008, 08:07
      - NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - DOS386, 30.12.2008, 23:06
        NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - Japheth, 31.12.2008, 11:46
        NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - sol, 02.01.2009, 01:59
        NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - Rugxulo, 02.01.2009, 04:25
    - better DOS file system? - Rugxulo, 29.12.2008, 23:16
      - better DOS file system? - ecm, 30.12.2008, 21:48
    - 1 a later, DOS fs enh committee, please report what you got - Steve, 02.01.2009, 07:01
- GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Laaca, 11.01.2009, 14:14
  - exFAT - ecm, 11.01.2009, 17:30
  - GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 12.01.2009, 19:25
    - GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 15.01.2009, 05:26
      - GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 15.01.2009, 06:13
        GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 15.01.2009, 06:24
        GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 16.01.2009, 01:49
        GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 16.01.2009, 07:03
        GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 18.01.2009, 00:14
        4desasters 4u, DOSsers - DOS386, 24.01.2009, 09:42
        FAT+/FAT/patents - ecm, 24.01.2009, 13:59
        4desasters 4u, DOSsers - Japheth, 24.01.2009, 21:01
        GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Laaca, 14.02.2009, 13:59
        exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Rugxulo, 19.02.2009, 02:41
        exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Japheth, 20.02.2009, 09:07
        exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Laaca, 20.02.2009, 20:16
        exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Zyzzle, 21.02.2009, 01:56
        exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - sol, 21.02.2009, 05:32
        exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Rugxulo, 21.02.2009, 05:40
        exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Laaca, 21.02.2009, 15:57
        exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - Rugxulo, 15.03.2009, 15:55
        exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - ecm, 15.03.2009, 20:36
        exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - Rugxulo, 17.03.2009, 00:28
        exFAT specification - tom, 17.03.2009, 19:31
        exFAT specification - Laaca, 21.03.2010, 15:42
        former-FAT - DOS386, 22.03.2010, 08:15