Re: VFAT kernel considerations

[Julian Reschke-FJR010 <Julian_Reschke-FJR010@email.mot.com>]

draco@mi.com.pl%INTERNET wrote:
> 
> > > Yes, but I mean TOS crash if you read a directory with VFAT entrys.
> > > I don't know it exactly.
> >
> > Hm - I haven't experienced that yet (on VFAT-written floppy disks). The only
> > annoying thing is that TOS will see Entries like 'Av' and the desktop tries
> > to copy this files, so you get an alert box for each.
> 
> The TOS 4.04 here, when copying files from a W95 floppies (even if they
> have short filenames), sometimes doesn't copy a file correctly or at all.
> I've observed two kinds of behaviour:
> 
> 1) single file that takes almost whole 1.44 MB diskette:
>         coping that from desktop is pretty quick (just 3-4 seconds), the
> desktop finishes with no errors, the destination has proper length and
> the same name as the source. But the contents of the file is of course
> not the same (junk).
> 
> 2) several files on a single diskette:
>         some of them are copied correctly, some have 0 length at the
> destination disk. No error messages either.
> 
> But no crashes. I didn't try on 3.06.

Well, that doesn't sound to good.

But we should keep in mind that these are TOS bugs. Anybody could insert
a VFAT medium created somewhere else. It's certainly not a MiNT issue.

Regards, jr