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Re:Ex-Caldera dev describes lost “WinBolt” Win9x-capable ver... by fredoralive on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @05:42AM (#28365771)
The trouble with FAT32 being a feature to sell DOS is that Windows 9x doesn't use DOS to access the filesystem in normal circumstances. AFAIK it had a compatability path that could use DOS, but then you'd be slowing stuff down.
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Re:Ex-Caldera dev describes lost “WinBolt” Win9x-capable ver... by TazeTSchnitzel on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @05:19PM (#28373823)
I can only imagine bad things happening if Windows and DOS disagree on filesystem aspects.
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Re:Ex-Caldera dev describes lost “WinBolt” Win9x-capable ver... by Lammy on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @06:19PM (#28374376)
That's why the Windows 95 CD-ROM version shipped with the "LFNB" long filename backup utility https://jeffpar.github.io/kbarchive/kb/135/Q135315/
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