Bug#2463: msdos" filesystem needed for bootstrapping

[bruce@Pixar.com (Bruce Perens)]

> Hmm ... how about umsdos?  It's quite feasible to run a whole Linux
> system off a single DOS partition using umsdos, and in fact I know of
> some such systems in our College.

Yes, I'd considered this. That code is in flux right now. The msdos driver
has been split into "fat" (low-level) and "msdos" (high-level), and there's
a new "vfat" filesystem that provides Windows 95 long file names but (as
far as I know) doesn't provide special files. Currently vfat can overflow
the kernel stack. I think it'll replace umsdos when it's debugged and if
someone hacks in special files.

	Thanks

	Bruce
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