Re: Why msdos and not vfat?

[Goswin Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de> writes:

> #include <hallo.h>
> Goswin Brederlow wrote on Mon Aug 06, 2001 um 03:40:51AM:
> 
> > Why do most archs use msdos.o and only ia64 vfat.o?
> > 
> > I did make a patch for this a long time ago to use vfat.o if present
> > and fallback to msdos.o. Seems like nobody bothered to check that in.
> 
> I think you mean something like the attached. I mentioned this also in
> another thread.

No, I mean that while building the boot-floppies. The shell scripts
and makefiles use fat and won't use vfat, except for ia64.

MfG
        Goswin