Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

2020-06-12 Thread Thomas Mueller
> >> support still is larger and slower than a 386 kernel on 386, so > >> you are just needlessly tempting 386+ owners to run extremely > >> retro-compatible, less optimized kernels ;-) Also, FAT32 is not > >> just a module which could easily be unloaded, it is the entire > >> set of MS DOS 7.10 co

Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

2020-06-12 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Tom, > most of the size increase (~3,5 K) is because a CLUSTER is no longer > 16 bit, but 32 bit as required for FAT32, so the code can be used for > both FAT16 and FAT32. > > some size increase (~1,5 K) comes from actual FAT32 specifics, that > at least theoretically could be unloaded. Qui

Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

2020-06-12 Thread tom ehlert
>> support still is larger and slower than a 386 kernel on 386, so >> you are just needlessly tempting 386+ owners to run extremely >> retro-compatible, less optimized kernels ;-) Also, FAT32 is not >> just a module which could easily be unloaded, it is the entire >> set of MS DOS 7.10 compatibil