Post by Jan van WijkFor Windows-XP these can not work since the device-driver
model got changed too much, and some of the OS/2 specific
support was removed completely ...
I'm sorry to contradict you but I just installed the patched Win2k
version ( from http://tam.belchenstuermer.de/tipps/hpfsw2k/index.php4 ) in
WinXP, and can access my 4 HPFS partitions (each one with a maximum 2 GB
size). What I did was as follows:
1. Install WinXP Pro, SP2, and all updates from Windows Update (except
.NET Framework and Journal Viewer).
2. Reboot to OS/2 and run a chkdsk on all HPFS partitions.
3. Reboot to WinXP.
4. Install the patched version according to the instructions.
5. Reboot WinXP. All HPFS partitions were recognized.
6. In order to test it, I copied (to and from), moved (to and from)
and deleted files, created a directory, copied files into it and then
deleted one of them. The files and directory that were thus created were
left in the HPFS partition.
7. Rebooted to OS/2, with a mandatory chkdsk ( /autocheck=+ ) in the
ifs statement, for all HPFS partitions. I got only one "CHKDSK found and
corrected a minor file system error" message during it. Looking at
CHKDSK.LOG I found that it was related to a zero-byte file copied into the
directory. I don't know why this particular file had an error.
FYI, I have 3 hard disks installed in this machine: one for OSes, one
for applications and data, and the third for backup of the other two, and
for temporary files. Firefox cache resides on a HPFS partition in the
third disk, and is shared between Firefox installations in OS/2 and Win2k.
I'll install Firefox in WinXP, and point its cache to the same directory.
This way it's going to happen some constant "traffic" between XP and the
temporary files HPFS partition which, if it's lost, it's not a drama!
Since I'm now curious (and have a spare 10 GB disk), I'll do some
additional tests during this weekend both with partitions from 2 and 4 GB,
and over 4 GB, as per your advice about partitions over 4 GB.
Nelson
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Nelson M. G. Santiago <***@tutopia.com.br>
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