RE: [MiNT] _major_ filesystem bug

[Martin-Eric Racine <q-funk@pp.fishpool.com>]

On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Julian Reschke wrote:
> 
> > > > Fnramfs and VFAT drivers are case-sensitive and they work with ST-ZIP,
> > >
> > > Wrong. The ramdisk and VFAT filesystem is case-preserving and not
> > > case-sensitive (this is an important difference!).
> >
> > OK, so, can we make MinixFS and U: case-preserving then?
> > It would seem more usefull than just case-sensitive.
> 
> If you make it case-preserving, you won't be able to have "makefile" and
> "Makefile" in the same directory. I don't think this would be a popular
> idea...

OK... _Now_ I understand the difference.  

How would you fix MinixFS and U: to correctly display mixed-case filenames
under ST-ZIP, then?  

I used to think ST-ZIP was at fault, but since it works from FNramFS and 
VFAT.... I'm sure something could be done to fix MinixFS and U: also, but
what and how??

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