Re: [9fans] new 9atom.iso

[matt <maht-9fans@maht0x0r.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.
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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.
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>>though maybe the inability to do fat32 will save you.
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>dossrv and 9load both read fat32.
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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.

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>>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.
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>i think that's the point of using fat.  no tools required.
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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
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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