Re: 1.3.62 and fat/msdos/vfat observations
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@freya.yggdrasil.com)
13 Feb 1996 13:23:09 GMT
Followup to: <8E222723928@rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de>
By author: "Ulrich Windl" <Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>=20
> Has VFAT the concepts of permissions and owner/group needed for a=20
> true UNIX filesystem. That's what came into my mind when thinking=20
> about booting Linux from VFAT. What about asking Microsoft to switch=20
> to UMSDOS?
>=20
Impossible. UMSDOS is designed to be backward compatible with DOS,
and not trash your filesystem randomly. That would never meet
Mickeysoft Quality Assurance.
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