>> as a matter of fact, all SCSI/RAID/USB/whatever disk devices are >> either Int13-visible (using the boot eprom for SCSI/RAID or by >> emulation ), or not visible at all.
> Ever heard of DOS block devices? Think of a RAM disk. It'll usually > install a DOS block device so that DOS can access it's FAT filesystem > using the normal device access. Int25/26 and DOS file access work on the > RAM disk while Int13 (obviously) doesn't. even an unexperienced programmer should have no problem to give Int13 access to his fance RAM disk > What I'm talking about is that you can't go and use a local filesystem > redirector (f.e. iHPFS) and mentioned RAM disk to create/format the RAM > disk with a non-FAT filesystem which would be known to the redirector > (f.e. HPFS). HPFS ? oops. and I thought that *I* was oldfashioned ;) but to format a RAM disk using iHPFS seems to be a bit constructed problem Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind regards Tom Ehlert +49-241-79886 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
