On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:52:20 +1300, you wrote: Hi,
>And adding complex filesystems such as ext2, ext3, or ntfs to the >FreeDOS kernel will certainly not make it smaller, probably more like >100% bigger. So you need a driver indeed, and some exist, but that >won't enable booting. Is it able to let DOS call "external support" driver when booting, just like a plug-in, then the kernel can be smaller but still have a way to support those file system. I know it's ddifficult, not easy. But isn't it fun (or challenging) to did that? >DOS is pretty much married to FAT. That's just the way it is, or it >wouldn't be DOS ;) It's extreme hard to fundmentally change this, since changing may break compatibility, but extend the DOS ability through drivers still can be done. Rgds, Johnson. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
