Re: [OT] files/dir on windoze
Kat wrote:
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> I am seriously considering digging out an olde TP smartdrive/ramdrive i did 8
> years or so ago, and revamping it (or recoding it into Eu form), to recognise
> overflows from the win/dos limits, making drive letters obsolete, and making
> folders like /a1/ , /a2/ , etc, all show up as being in /a/ in some cases. I
> dunno. I hear nix doesn't have the same limits, but i prefer to see an OS
> working in real life before i dedicate hours to learning how to fix it when it
>
> breaks.
>
> What i particularly need is an OS that doesn't tie up the drive with a
> scandisk after abnormal shutdown, and which i can run simple tasks on, like
> a lan fileserver. The only person i know in real life who has ever used nix
> said
> it could not be done with a windows box on the lan, so that shot down using
> nix.
Sigh...
I learned a long time ago that people rarely let facts get in the way
of their prejudices.
But best of luck, anyway.
Irv
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