[Freedos-user] : File systems with metadata support

2013-11-20 Thread patrick patterson
hello all. longtime reader, first time poster this is something I have been thinking about for a long time. I think it needs to be a part of long file name support, which seems to be pretty messy for compatability (multiple directory entries to carry extra characters in the name). since only 5

Re: [Freedos-user] File systems with metadata support

2013-11-20 Thread zalit
On 2013-11-20 05:45, Rugxulo wrote: 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. This would be a good solution. Only, in order to be useful such a driver should target some

Re: [Freedos-user] : File systems with metadata support

2013-11-20 Thread zalit
I probably found what I was looking for: the COMBOOTF.IMA file from Lucho utilities. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15785527/dos/lucho.html But I could not find any documentation. There is a reference to this on an unrelated forum:

Re: [Freedos-user] File systems with metadata support

2013-11-20 Thread Louis Santillan
Ext2 is forward compatible with ext3. There's simple migration tools builtin to mkfs.ext3 on Linux, iirc. Then ext3 is forward compatible with ext4 with similar tools. So it's kind of a Canadian cross situation but you could you'll always be able to get access to an ext2 partition from Linux.