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From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>
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Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@incunabulum.net>,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/fs/msdosfs msdosfs_vfsops.c
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* LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> [070723 03:26] wrote:
> Bruce M. Simpson wrote:
> > Bruce Evans wrote:
> >> bde         2007-07-23 07:10:17 UTC
> >>
> >>   FreeBSD src repository
> >>
> >>   Modified files:
> >>     sys/fs/msdosfs       msdosfs_vfsops.c   Log:
> >>   Make using msdosfs as the root file system sort of work:
> >>   
> > 
> > In case anyone is wondering 'Why the hell would anyone wish to do this?'
> > consider the case of various embedded systems and small devices where
> > the medium is pre-formatted as MS-DOS. or where the format on the medium
> > is tied to MS-DOS for other reasons. And it'll also let you boot FreeBSD
> > from your digital camera if your hard disk fails.
> 
> Do we have a msdosfs compatible loader(8)? =-)
> 
> BTW.  This sounds like that we can install FreeBSD and Windows
> side-by-side in the same FAT partition?

This would be ideal.  I've always wanted to do be able to do this,
or at least get to the point where rootfs could be a vn-backed
ffs under msdosfs.... *scream*

-- 
- Alfred Perlstein