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- Fred Salerno <salernof@gate.net> wrote:
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- >Think of the hFV as a temporary solution.
- >When they do a native port for Win32, it could use long-filenames, and an
- >HFV wouldnt be needed (except maybe the SYSTEM.HFV for booting).
- >And I believe the same goes for OS/2 ports, if it uses the HPFS in OS/2.
- >Linux already has long file names, so that problem is solved.
- >I guess the HFVs are the only solution if you run Executor on MS or PC DOS.
- >Partitions seem a bit extreme for people who have important data and dont
- >want to re-partition and re-format (or take a chance with a part resizer.)
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- HPFS support would require a native OS/2 port (which shouldn't be that
- hard, IMHO. Although I suppose that an emulator IS a complex thing)
- which would be absolutely wonderful.
-
- You don't need to have a native Win95 port for long filenames to work
- in Win95. There are hooks that DOS applications can use under Win95
- to access long filenames. Executor already does this quite well,
- although the disk access is really slow for me.
-
- Support for mac partitions would be wonderful also. It should, of
- course, be an option and not be required. PartitionMagic from
- PowerQuest (available for OS/2, DOS, and Win) is an absolutely
- fantastic program that can resisze HPFS and FAT (and VFAT) partitions
- by moving slider bars.
-
- Tobin Fricke
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