Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 22:20:55 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: root@synthcom.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DOS File system fixes Message-ID: <199601092020.WAA00192@eac.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <199601091832.LAA12472@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Jan 9, 96 11:32:53 am
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On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > . . . . . > > DBLSPACE should be in there somewhere (though admittedly not a top > > priority). > > DoubleSpace is Evil. So is DriveSpace and DriveSpace 3. > > Probably the correct way to use them is to establish a virtual machine > mapping (which means adding TSS support) and load the .BIN from IO.SYS > just like DOS does. > > Then make your INT 21 calls in the context of that VM in order to do > your FS I/O. > I'd forgotten the whole story about MRCI and MRCI 2, DoubleSpace and DriveSpace, and was under the mistaken impression everything was still open, documented and (relatively) uncomplicated, until Neil Bradley mentioned something in another posting. So, you're right, we'd have to run the .BIN ... which is beginning to sound a bit like work, unless we arrange to run other, better things too. Though, personally, I've never been attracted to the idea of FreeBSD running DOS or Windows apps: I don't know how others feel about this. Thanks for the input. -- Robert Nordier rnordier@iafrica.com E.A.C.
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