>>> PS: for what I know vfat in Linux is just the name of FAT32 ;) >> Then Linux is not correct, because VFAT is just an extension to FAT12 / >> FAT16 / FAT32 to allow long filenames: > > Ok, but most people should be aware that in the Linux literature (most > google tutorials) the tem vfat is used liberaly.
I've only ever heard it used to mean *all* file systems using the VFAT extension, i.e. FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 file systems with long names. They probably call this the VFAT file system to distinguish it from their original FAT file system implementation which didn't support long names and the new file times. (BTW, the V stands for "Virtual" which at most fits into Microsoft's strange behaviour of calling everything related to Win386 virtual, and doesn't relate to what a VFAT file system is in any way. They probably only named their VxD VFAT, and with this implementation being the first one to support the new features, someone just called these features VFAT.) Regards, Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
