DOS ain't dead - exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files)

exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) (Developers)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 15.03.2009, 15:55
(edited by Rugxulo on 15.03.2009, 16:12)

> Zyzzle: "Are there any plans or is anyone working on ExFAT support for
> FreeDOS, or any other plain DOS for that manner?"
>
> As far not. But could be in future. I think it should be a future of DOS.
> (rather than support of NTFS in kernel)

This is more unlikely now that MS has asserted its patent ownership of VFAT (against TomTom, which uses Linux kernel). Yes, I think they are making a mistake holding so tightly to something so widespread and trivial, but whatever, gotta feed those 90,000 mouths I guess. :-|

http://www.osnews.com/story/16378/Microsoft_Novell_Ink_Linux_Deal
http://www.osnews.com/story/16515/Steve_Ballmer_Linux_Uses_Our_Intellectual_Property_
http://www.osnews.com/story/17301/Ballmer_Confirms_Novell_Deal_Is_About_Patents
http://www.osnews.com/story/20979/Red_Hat_Enlists_Community_in_Fight_Against_Patent_Trolls
http://www.osnews.com/story/20989/Microsoft_Red_Hat_Team_up_on_Patent-Free_Interoperability
http://www.osnews.com/story/21035/Ballmer_Linux_Bigger_Competitor_than_Apple
http://www.osnews.com/story/21044/Microsoft_Sues_TomTom
http://www.osnews.com/story/21131/_TomTom_Can_License_FAT_Without_Violating_GPL

P.S. That last article is a misnomer since it goes on to say that TomTom probably canNOT license FAT without violating the GPL (since GPL says you can't take away rights from other people, they must have same privileges as you do).

EDIT: P.P.S. Eric Auer claims that FreeDOS has now been fixed to support 4 GB files. (DOS386, tested it yet?)

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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