It was actually LFN of which I was thinking when I replied to the
initial email. I know dos *can* handle long file names, but it doesn't
do so by default, and requires drivers/TSRs to be loaded to assist in
this process.
But, since it's obviously taboo to make a mistake, I'll happily keep my
hands off the keyboard as requested, since clearly my use since 1986 of
msdos, pcdos, drdos, opendos, novell dos, ptsdos, rtdos, and others I
can't even remember at the moment clearly doesn't qualify me to post on
such an illustrious list. I humbly beg forgiveness from the list
overlords, and will refrain from posting in the future.
On 11/3/2022 12:58 PM, Ralf Quint wrote:
On 11/3/2022 5:26 AM, Frantisek Rysanek wrote:
I'd like to second Tom's opinion.
If memory serves, MS DOS understands FAT32 since about version 7 or 8
(present in Windows 95/98) and Freedos since when I remember = could
be version 1 or so...
Did you perhaps confuse FAT32 for NTFS or ExFAT/FAT64?
I much rather think that the confusion is that (Free)DOS is not
plug&play, so if you plug in the USB stick after FreeDOS is booted up,
it will very likely (though depending on the BIOS of the machine) not
recognize that there is a different drive. Boot up with the USB stick
inserted, and it is very likely to see it just fine. That's how it
works on my old Dell laptop...
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