On Fri, 16 May 2014 11:29:09 -0400, dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:31 AM, TJ Edmister <damag...@hyakushiki.net> > wrote: >> On Thu, 15 May 2014 11:30:22 -0400, dmccunney >> <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Oh by the way if you want to install XP on FAT32, it will work without >>>> being activated. >>> >>> XP on FAT32? <shudder> >> >> I have always run XP on FAT32 without problems. The only downside in my >> book is the 4GB file limit. NTFS is overly complicated. > > What's complicated about it? If you don't use optional capabilities > like compression or encryption, you mostly don't have to do anything > to use it. The aforementioned lack of support among different OS (owing to the complexity of the low-level implementation), as well as incompatibilities between versions of Windows and the filesystem itself (eg. the Win7 installer would crash without explanation when attempting to install on an existing NTFS partition created with an earlier version of Windows) "Links" are problematic. I have seen links to a directory inside its own directory tree. This results in a situation where eg. a DIR /S command runs indefinitely. And the only way I know to remove such a link is with a sector editor. I never liked the idea of file metadata (or alternate data streams, which are possible but not commonly used AFAIK) as they tend to not be preserved when copied to another filesystem, archived, or uploaded. Making a change to file permissions on an NTFS volume involves a minutes-long process of updating the attributes for every individual file affected (just a base Windows install is tens of thousands of files these days) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
