Книга: Fedora™ Unleashed, 2008 edition

DOS File Systems

DOS File Systems

The extent of DOS file system support in Linux is often surprising to newcomers, but the DOS file system proved to be a viable option in the early years of Linux. Because Microsoft has been the dominant operating system on Intel computers, Linux has always worked toward coexistence with DOS.

Microsoft DOS and the consumer-oriented Windows operating systems use a file system known as FAT (File Allocation Table). FAT32 is the typical system used today. The number following the FAT name indicates the size of the space for naming address pointers; the more space, the larger a section of contiguous space can be identified and accessed. FAT32 is the most recent version of FAT, and it is backward compatible with other versions of FAT. Older versions are not forward compatible.

The Fedora kernel can access all versions of FAT-formatted partitions (including floppy disks), using the vfat kernel module.

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