Just make kernel use /ea_attrib.dat with file name and a bit wise word for
storing attributes bits
On Nov 19, 2013 8:46 PM, "Rugxulo" <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:41 PM, <za...@gmx.com> wrote:
> >
> > Does FreeDOS support any file system that has customizable metadata
> > (also known as extended attributes)?
>
> The kernel itself only directly supports FAT. Anything else (AFAIK,
> and I'm no expert) has to come from a loadable driver using the
> redirector interface, e.g. ISO9660 (CD) via UIDE.SYS (or VIDE,
> OAKCDROM, whatever) + MSCDEX / NWCDEX / SHSUCDX.
>
> > All modern file systems do.
>
> That's great, but there aren't enough skilled volunteers (plus zero
> funding) to do this for FreeDOS. It's not impossible, just unpopular
> and thus unlikely.
>
> > The only feature that I need is extended attributes, so I don't care
> about
> > journaling or other features.
>
> As mentioned, you'll probably have to do it manually, e.g. use
> DESCRIPT.ION files from 4DOS or maybe something more detailed with
> other tools.
>
> P.S. Of course since it's unprotected (real) mode, you can also just
> write an .EXE to do your direct sector reads / writes. This is also
> how many DOS programs access lower-level file systems that aren't
> directly supported by DOS. For instance, FreeDOS 1.0 (2006) had
> several such programs: hfsutil, ihpfs, ltools, ntfs (though I don't
> see TestDisk, but that's yet another one).
>
> P.P.S. I vaguely recall (but never tried) that there used to be such a
> (shareware?) DOS driver from Paragon Software [EDIT: IFSDRV?] that
> could read ext2 and some others. A quick check doesn't find any
> obvious links on their website except a mention of (presumably the
> successor product) "Rescue Kit 11 Free Edition" (which doesn't mention
> DOS explicitly, but it is a "bootable, platform independent recovery
> CD"). If you wish to download that and check, you might find it
> (possible but unlikely, dunno). Maybe someone else on this list knows
> more about the old shareware driver, but I dunno beyond that.
>
>
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