Re: Embeddable FAT filesystem

From: Tim Clacy (nospamtcl_at_nospamphaseone.nospamdk)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:31:17 +0200

Juergen Marquardt wrote:
> <snip>
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>> Must Support:
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> <snip>
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>> 4) Check Disk functionality
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> <snip>
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> Any file system available that also checks (checksum or whatever)
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> - boot sector(s) integrity
> - fat sector(s) integrity
> - directory sector(s) integrity
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> before using data in them or even executing code out of them?
>
> Best regards, Juergen

Juergen,

Precisely. Interestingly, not even Windows XP does a decent check before
mounting a FAT disk. In fact, even Windows XP's CheckDisk tool doesn't find
faults that Windows 9x's 'chksk' does!

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