Re: DOS partition

[stehlik@cas3.zlin.vutbr.cz (Petr Stehlik)]

On Mon, 9 Nov 1998 11:39:46 +0100 (MEZ), Frank Naumann wrote:

Hi Frank,

FN>> Anyway, at last he used BigDOS together with MiNT (!) and succesfully
FN>> transferred all files with LFN.
FN>
FN>If he use the VFAT option then he use the NEWFATFS. In this case BigDOS
FN>isn't used at all.

Uf, that's good news, because it's the only possible reason why it
didn't crash (AFAICR BigDOS+MiNT ürash)

FN>FAT16 DOS partitions have a different ID (0x6) that is handled correct
FN>>from other drivers.

Does that mean that current MiNT 1.15 can read DOS partitioned medias
OK? If yes it's huge improvement over previous versions (perhaps more
important than the VFAT feature). Thanks a lot for the NEWFAT, Frank!

Petr
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