From: matt <maht-9fans@maht0x0r.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] new 9atom.iso
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:50:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A97D27F.3040508@maht0x0r.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6e4c5e765790b59c3615d11de841cf83@quanstro.net>
erik quanstrom wrote:
>i love it. we have complaining that fat doesn't do more
>than 8.3 and trolling that there's a patent liability for
>doing more than 8.3 within 24 hrs.
>
>
thanks but I'm not trolling, not complaining
>just to be clear. fat itself is not patented. just some
>particular aspects of a 8.3 workaround.
>
>
>
>>though maybe the inability to do fat32 will save you.
>>
>>
>
>dossrv and 9load both read fat32.
>
>
I was refering to format not dossrv
BUGS
Format can create FAT12 and FAT16 file systems, but not
FAT32 file systems. The boot block can only read from FAT12
and FAT16 file systems.
>
>
>>I like the sound of the sector 1 idea, I'm sure making a tool to r/w it
>>in Linux / whatever can't be hard.
>>
>>
>
>i think that's the point of using fat. no tools required.
>
>
No tools except a second OS installed on your machine / one you can plug
your disk in to
>you're already in a pickle if you've gotten to this point.
>consider the acer inspire machine this week that
>
>
but as you say here, if you're having trouble, you need something to
help you. The great help you've been giving people here was via iso files
Anyway, there are good arguments on both sides. There's only one way to
solve this :
FIGHT
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-28 12:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 92+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-26 13:32 erik quanstrom
2009-08-27 15:34 ` Hector Oron
2009-08-27 16:16 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-27 16:51 ` David Leimbach
2009-08-27 17:05 ` ron minnich
2009-08-27 17:07 ` David Leimbach
2009-08-27 17:24 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-27 18:26 ` Uriel
2009-08-27 18:39 ` ron minnich
2009-08-27 18:40 ` Iruata Souza
2009-08-27 18:48 ` Uriel
2009-08-27 18:56 ` Iruata Souza
2009-08-27 18:57 ` ron minnich
2009-08-27 19:07 ` Uriel
2009-08-27 19:17 ` ron minnich
2009-08-27 19:27 ` Uriel
2009-08-27 19:34 ` ron minnich
2009-08-27 20:35 ` Uriel
2009-08-27 20:46 ` ron minnich
2009-08-27 21:57 ` Steve Simon
2009-08-27 22:05 ` Iruata Souza
2009-08-27 22:18 ` Christopher Nielsen
2009-08-27 22:30 ` tlaronde
2009-08-28 1:56 ` Federico G. Benavento
2009-08-28 2:29 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-27 20:14 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-27 20:24 ` ron minnich
2009-08-27 20:28 ` Iruata Souza
2009-08-27 21:41 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-27 21:46 ` Iruata Souza
2009-08-27 20:37 ` Uriel
2009-08-27 21:09 ` Tim Newsham
2009-08-27 21:38 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-27 21:45 ` Iruata Souza
2009-08-27 21:49 ` Tim Newsham
2009-08-28 1:54 ` Federico G. Benavento
2009-08-28 4:38 ` ron minnich
2009-08-28 5:08 ` Federico G. Benavento
2009-08-28 5:24 ` ron minnich
2009-08-28 5:23 ` ron minnich
2009-08-28 8:10 ` matt
2009-08-28 11:06 ` Uriel
2009-08-28 12:04 ` Iruata Souza
2009-08-28 12:16 ` blstuart
2009-08-28 12:43 ` Venkatesh Srinivas
2009-08-28 18:02 ` Brian L. Stuart
2009-08-28 19:08 ` Noah Evans
2009-08-29 0:38 ` blstuart
2009-08-28 12:30 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-28 16:43 ` Tim Newsham
2009-08-28 16:52 ` matt
2009-08-28 16:52 ` Federico G. Benavento
2009-08-28 7:59 ` Gorka Guardiola
2009-08-28 8:00 ` Gorka Guardiola
2009-08-28 8:54 ` hiro
2009-08-28 9:08 ` Venkatesh Srinivas
2009-08-28 11:13 ` matt
2009-08-28 12:04 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-28 12:50 ` matt [this message]
2009-08-28 14:54 ` Iruata Souza
2009-08-28 15:11 ` Iruata Souza
2009-08-28 16:01 ` Dave Eckhardt
2009-08-28 23:40 ` Uriel
2009-08-28 23:54 ` Noah Evans
2009-08-28 15:15 ` David Leimbach
2009-08-28 15:19 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-28 15:24 ` David Leimbach
2009-08-28 15:33 ` ron minnich
2009-08-28 15:37 ` David Leimbach
2009-08-28 15:46 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-28 16:23 ` David Leimbach
2009-08-28 16:37 ` matt
2009-08-28 17:39 ` David Leimbach
2009-08-28 17:53 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-29 17:20 ` David Leimbach
2009-08-29 17:25 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-29 17:39 ` David Leimbach
2009-08-28 15:56 ` ron minnich
2009-08-28 15:31 ` ron minnich
2009-08-28 15:31 ` ron minnich
2009-08-28 15:35 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-27 19:07 ` Tim Newsham
2009-08-27 19:19 ` Iruata Souza
2009-08-27 18:01 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-27 19:06 ` David Leimbach
2009-08-27 20:20 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-27 20:35 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2009-08-27 20:51 ` David Leimbach
2009-08-27 20:59 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-27 21:43 ` David Leimbach
2009-08-27 17:06 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2009-10-12 1:43 erik quanstrom
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