On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:36:48 -0600
Barry Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> Depending on what the DOS fs stuff is for, sys-fs/ntfs3g might be a
> better option, anyway, though I have a vfat partition from before I
> discovered ntfs3g, and would keep dosfstools (and the kernel support)
> and/or mtools around anyway, for working with those very occasional
> floppies.
> 

It's not just floppies.  FAT still has a major use for formatting
memory cards in digital cameras.  If one is going to process digital
images with Linux one had better have the ability to handle FAT
partitions. 

Frank Peters


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