OT: PM/2 PM2000 file systems

Ralph Sanford pmmail@rpglink.com
Tue, 05 Sep 2000 19:34:13 -0600 (MDT)


On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 20:05:21 -0500, Bill Hartmann wrote:

>On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 18:25:33 -0600 (MDT), Ralph Sanford wrote:
>
>>
>>Note that I am using the VFAT driver to access a VFAT drive, not a FAT32
>>drive.
>
>I may not have known what I am asking about. I thought that VFAT was
>the FAT32 system or is FAT16 modified to handle the long file names.
>

I am sure someone who really knows what I think I know and am about to
mention will correct me. 

 It is my understanding that VFAT  (FAT16 modified to use long names) is
used by WinNT and the original Win95.  Windows products since  Win95 SR2
have used FAT32.


Ralph Sanford        -        If your government does not trust you,
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