Dmsdos

To build: - make

Then you get the tools you probably want in src/, src/mcdmsdos is a midnight commander compatible tool that can be used to list and extract files from e. g. a dblspace.000 file, and src/dmsdosfsck that can try to recover from broken files.

Old stuff follows:

This is the README for the DMSDOS CVF-FAT filesystem extensions.

CVF-FAT is a generic modular Compressed Volume Files interface for the FAT filesystems.

DMSDOS is a module which provides similar functionality to the former dmsdos filesystem: support for Microsoft's doublespace/drivespace and for Stac's stacker. DMSDOS uses the CVF-FAT extensions and can be considered as a sample implementation for using the CVF-FAT extensions.

CVF-FAT is the official successor of the dmsdos filesystem. DMSDOS itself is still continued, but it now is a child of CVF-FAT and not a filesystem any more.

Outdated files to read

README this file INSTALL.TXT how to install CVF-FAT and dmsdos patches/DIFFS.TXT description of kernel patches ("when do I use which one") PORT_TO_WIN32 if you want to run dmsdos utilities in a Win32 environment

Other directories:

doc/ various documentation man/ man pages for dmsdos utilities src/ complete source code for dmsdos patches/ kernel patches and updates for the CVF-FAT interface kernel/ old kernel stuff