Christian Masloch schrieb: >> Which kind of compatibility does FreeDOS aim for? I mean compatible with >> which MS-DOS version? 6.22, 7.10, 8.00? > > As far as I can tell, 8.00 is the same as 7.10 plus some restrictions (I > used to have a PC with Windows Me).
Yes, well 8.00 can load Win ME. http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.MS-DOS > 6.22 doesn't include LBA, FAT32 and > LFN-aware command line, so FreeDOS mostly aims to be compatible to 7.10. The site where I originally found the following statement is gone, but there is a mirror. http://arcadecontrols.com/Mirrors/mirror/www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/NtfsDosProfessional.html "It is strongly recommended that you use MS-DOS version 7.0 (the version of MS-DOS that ships with Windows 95/98), since it is the only version that will allow you to use long filenames with your NTFS drives. Using earlier versions of MS-DOS restrict you to using file names in 8.3 format." and "Many people believe that MS-DOS doesn’t support long file names at all, but that isn’t the case. It is the MS-DOS FAT file system driver that lacks support, rather than MS-DOS itself. When used with a file system that supports long file names MS-DOS handles them fine, as do MS-DOS applications that are written to take advantage of the support." Author was Mark Russinovich / Bryce Cogswell so I believe the statement was correct. What about FreeDOS kernel and LFN? Wouldn't it make sense also to add LFN to the FreeDOS kernel? Also according to http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.Compatibility it also seams doslfn is not the answer and needs bugchecking by a third developer. For sure, if LFN goes into the FreeDOS kernel it would make much sense to add also LFN support to the FAT driver. Is this already the case? -mr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
