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echo: os2prog
to: Francois Thunus
from: jari laaksonen
date: 1997-03-09 16:19:24
subject: Identifying HPFS partitio

JdBP>> HPFS has "." and ".." entries in the root
directory.  FAT does
JdBP>> not.

FT> see HPFS "bug" in warp 4. this method is no longer
reliable, since it
FT> depends on whether the people have applied fixPack 1 or not.

It's not a HPFS bug, it was a CHKDSK bug. HPFS still returns "."
and ".." for root directory start entry.

        // Albert                      email: jla{at}to.icl.fi

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