Re: VFAT kernel considerations

[Maurits van de Kamp <maurits@bassment.demon.nl>]

On Wed, 20 May 1998, Jo Even Skarstein wrote:

> > Yes, or if you boot plain TOS (can't read the VFAT entry's).
> 
> Well, every file should have a standard 8+3 filename as well as a
> VFAT-entry, so if the FAT is readable by TOS it's also quite possible
> to boot plain TOS.

That's true, but then if you delete a file that in VFAT has a long
filename, things can get messy. :)

Maurits.

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          Maurits van de Kamp (maurits@bassment.demon.nl)

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