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Welcome to the first beta of VFAT-OS2.IFS
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Contents
1. Warnings
2. Installation instruction
1. Warnings
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vfat-os2 is a FILE SYSTEM DRIVER. Being a driver it runs at the most
privileged level of the OS/2 operating system, known as "kernel mode".
IN KERNEL MODE THERE IS NO MORE CRASH PROTECTION. It means that if a
bug occurs in the driver IT CAN CAUSE A HANG OR A SYSTEM HALT, AND THUS
CAN CAUSE LOSS OF DATA.
I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU TO MAKE A BACKUP OF ALL YOUR DATA (EVEN IF THEY
ARE NOT LOCATED ON A VFAT PARTITION) PRIOR TO USE THIS DRIVER.
DON'T USE THIS DRIVER ON A PRODUCTION MACHINE, OR IF YOU MANIPULATE
CRITICAL DATA.
IF HUMAN LIFE DEPENDS ON YOUR SYSTEM, DON'T INSTALL THIS DRIVER ON IT.
USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISKS, AND ONLY ON A MACHINE YOU ACCEPT TO CRASH AND
REINSTALL.
2. Installation instructions
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2.1 Manual installation of vfat-os2
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1.copy mwdd32.sys in boot drive\OS2 or in boot drive\OS2\BOOT (WARP only)
2.add the following line in CONFIG.SYS
BASEDEV=MWDD32.SYS
3.make a directory to hold vfat-os2 files somewhere but NOT on a VFAT
partition.
4.add this directory at the end of the PATH and LIBPATH statements in
CONFIG.SYS
5.copy the following files to that directory :
vfat-os2.ifs
vfat-os2.exe
vfat_lw.exe
6.add the following lines in your CONFIG.SYS
IFS=path\vfat-os2.ifs -cache:256 -errors=continue
RUN=path\vfat_lw.exe
7.if necessary, adjust vfat-os2.ifs command line parameters
Note : In CONFIG.SYS, vfat-os2.ifs MUST be located AFTER the IFS managing the
boot drive (HPFS.IFS usually).
2.2 Command line options for vfat-os2
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vfat-os2 accepts the same command line options as ext2-os2 (whose ext2-support
is included in vfat-os2.ifs)
see also
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/5313/install.html#450
In addition you have to specify which VFAT partition should be supported
-VFAT:<drive letter of your vfat partition>
For example if you like to enable VFAT support for your drive C: add the
following option to commandline
-VFAT:C
2.3 EXT2 support in vfat-os2.ifs
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vfat-os2.ifs include the ext2-os2.ifs version 2.40. To enable it you need to
add "BASEDEV=EXT2FLT.FLT" to your config.sys
2.4 VFAT_LW.EXE
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VFAT_LW.EXE is a replacement of ext2_lw.exe
2.5 VFAT-OS2.EXE
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VFAT-OS2.EXE is a replacement of EXT2-OS2.EXE
D. Steiner, 5. January 1998