Re: VFAT.XFS ??

[q-funk@citenet.net (Martin-Eric Racine)]

 >> Do Win95-formatted ZiP require FAT 32 to be read/written, if
 >> formatted to a single 105 Mb partition?
 >
 >Depends on how it is formatted.... FAT32 is more efficient for
 >smaller files since the clusters don't get as large as for
 >FAT16...
 >
 >Support for FAT32 would however mean that you would have to
 >replace all of TOS's filehandling routs not only directory
 >reads (ie file searchs...)

All we really need is to be able to format and read/write
floppies and ZiP cartridges in VFAT whenever needed.  The
internal hard-disk can remain standard TOS or Minix.


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