Re: VFAT kernel considerations

[Guido Flohr <gufl0000@stud.uni-sb.de>]

> Should be completely ignored, and a warning message be issued during
> bootup:
>           Warning:  VFAT cannot ever be enabled for drive C: !!!

C is /often/ but not always the boot drive.

> Also, the kernel should read "/etc/fstab" and reject requests to

I would guess the kernel initializes file systems /before/
reading files (and /etc/fstab typically resides on a minix
filesystem).

> make any Minix partition as VFAT-writable, printing this message:
> 
>           Warning:  partition D: assigned to Minix filesystem !!!

Again just a guess without looking at the sources:  The kernel
will have some mechanism to avoid filesystem collisions.

> Furthermore, it might be a good idea to write "/etc/fstab" and
> specify any partitions (ie: drive D: or above) that use VFAT, so 
> that future versions of INIT can call up the correct version of
> FSCK for each filesystem.

The init program does not call fsck.  I think this is done by
your /etc/rc.boot shell script (which is invoked by init).

Ciao

Guido
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