Hi Jim, > fixing a filesystem is an important thing... > > does anyone know if any or all of the filesystem repair programs work with > doslfn? > > or does doslfn basically not matter?
LFN are stored in fragments in (short) directory entries, so old tools are supposed to at least not break them. The dosfsck tool does a bit of checking and fixing for LFN: Unfinished chains of fragments can be truncated (LFN will get shorter) or dropped (only short file name remains). If chains and short names have a checksum mismatch (the LFN usually has a checksum to "point" to a short name) then the long name can be dropped or the checksum fixed. LFN fragments are not supposed to have a cluster chain etc themselves, so dosfsck can reset those if needed. Dosfsck can also detect orphaned LFN fragments. Normal LFN are a chain of fragments and linked to a short dir entry so only the short name has other file properties. Regards, Eric PS: Cool that FreeDOS 1.1 is out, thanks to Bernd! Is it safe to test on my already Linux DOS dual boot PC? PPS: I hope you all had a nice change of the year and I wish everybody a nice 2012 :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
