Re: [9fans] new 9atom.iso

[Iruata Souza <iru.muzgo@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:50 AM, matt<maht-9fans@maht0x0r.net> wrote:
> 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
>

i fought myself.
pbs32 (9null's pbs) now works with 9fat without caring about it.
it loops reading a block and checking for the a.out(8) signature. if
the 9pcload is on 9fat, not a problem anymore.

iru