Fat32 and NTFS access

Hi,
I have the following config.sys

IFS=E:\OS2\BOOT\FAT32.IFS /CACHE:2048 /H /Q
CALL=E:\OS2\CACHEF32.EXE /S
IFS=E:\OS2\NTFS.IFS /CACHE:2048 [/Q]

I can read each partition, but cannot write to either using 2.0 RC4 or 
1.2R. It a recent WinXP install. Can windows make it partition read only?.

Its interesting that people always assume that Windows has done something 
horrible first. No, its not Windows. The NTFS driver in eCS is highly 
unstable and is forced into Read Only Mode (hence the RO:*) switch on the 
driver line. You can get the updated Read/Write driver from Mensys 
software subscription, but you do so at your own risk because it has been 
noted to corrupt files and volumes.

Fat32 seems stable, if a bit pokey.

Richard Freeman wrote:
> Hi,
> I have the following config.sys
> 
> IFS=E:\OS2\BOOT\FAT32.IFS /CACHE:2048 /H /Q
> CALL=E:\OS2\CACHEF32.EXE /S
> IFS=E:\OS2\NTFS.IFS /CACHE:2048 [/Q]
> 
> I can read each partition, but cannot write to either using 2.0 RC4 or 
> 1.2R. It a recent WinXP install. Can windows make it partition read only?.
> 
> Richard Freeman


Richard

Try "chkdsk /f" on your fat32 partition and see if you can write to it

afterwards.

Lars Erdmann wrote:
> You should note that chkdsk only runs from WinXP but not from OS/2 as 
> currently, there is neither format nor chkdsk nor recover support in OS/2 
> (the UFAT32.DLL utilities DLL currently does nothing).
> 
> If you are interested: I currently try to add at least formatting support
to 
> UFAT32.DLL so that we don't have to switch to WinXP anymore just for 
> formatting ...
> 
> P.S.: I know dfsee does FAT32 formatting but not everyone has it ...
> 
> Lars
> 

Lars

Any improvement to the driver can only be welcomed since FAT32 is our 
bridge between the Windows World and eComstation.

FAT32 is improvements are indeed very welcome, and I also agree that DFSEE 
is the absolute bomb :)

How much work would improving the fat32 driver be for you?

However, I also think that NTFS is highly important. Im headed to OS/2 world 
right now to brush some dust off my NTFS-3G thread :\