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Re: Future (post E 2.0) idea
Fred Salerno <salernof@gate.net> wrote:
>Think of the hFV as a temporary solution.
>When they do a native port for Win32, it could use long-filenames, and an
>HFV wouldnt be needed (except maybe the SYSTEM.HFV for booting).
>And I believe the same goes for OS/2 ports, if it uses the HPFS in OS/2.
>Linux already has long file names, so that problem is solved.
>I guess the HFVs are the only solution if you run Executor on MS or PC DOS.
>Partitions seem a bit extreme for people who have important data and dont
>want to re-partition and re-format (or take a chance with a part resizer.)
HPFS support would require a native OS/2 port (which shouldn't be that
hard, IMHO. Although I suppose that an emulator IS a complex thing)
which would be absolutely wonderful.
You don't need to have a native Win95 port for long filenames to work
in Win95. There are hooks that DOS applications can use under Win95
to access long filenames. Executor already does this quite well,
although the disk access is really slow for me.
Support for mac partitions would be wonderful also. It should, of
course, be an option and not be required. PartitionMagic from
PowerQuest (available for OS/2, DOS, and Win) is an absolutely
fantastic program that can resisze HPFS and FAT (and VFAT) partitions
by moving slider bars.
Tobin Fricke
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