MSD95 V1.6
	       a FREEWARE MS FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 Filesystem Handler
		     Copyright © 1998-2000 by Denis SPACH
			    All rights reserved


Introduction
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MSD95 is a filesystem handler for Amiga. It is an application which is able
to read PC style partitions table from a Hard Disk and to mount one of them
as a real disk on the Amiga. Support for PC floppies disks has also been
added starting from version 1.4.

This is the same kind of thing that CrossDOS performs.


Copyrights
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This software is © Copyright 1998-2000 by Denis SPACH. All Rights Reserved.
The author, Denis SPACH, may be reached at the following adresses:

PLEASE NOTICE NEW EMAIL AND WEB SITE ADDRESSES:

	e-mail		dspach@free.fr
	web site	http://dspach.free.fr


Copy & (Re)distribution
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Copying and redistributing this software is allowed according to the
following conditions:

 * all files must be included with the redistribution
 * redistribution cost may not exceed floppy disk cost + postage
 * downloading cost from a BBS may not exceed a floppy disk cost + postage
 * charging for documentation translation is forbiden
 * inclusion on a cover magazine disk is forbiden w/o my permission

If the conditions above do not meet yours, you MUST contact the author,
and ask him a written permission.

Of course, Fred FISH and/or Aminet makers are specially welcome to
redistribute this software, via net or CD's.

    MORE CLEARLY

	      Nobody else than ME is allowed to make money of it,
		       either directly or indirectly.


Features
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	* FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 support
	* long names support
	* dynamic caching with separate directory/data caches
	* run as a process for easier debugging and mount/dismount
	* read only filesystem (for your data safety !)
	* should read disks up to 4G (more with direct SCSI option)
	* hard _AND_ floppy disks support

Unlike most handlers, MSD95 can be started and stopped at will (of course,
according that no outstanding locks are still refering the filesystem).

PLEASE NOTE:

	I DO NOT INTEND TO ADD WRITE SUPPORT TO THIS FILE SYSTEM


History
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MSD95 V1.6
real long names may be used up to 106 chars
data and directories cache sizes may be specified

MSD95 V1.5
partition types 0x0e are now supported (same as FAT32 0x0b)
FAT is now read by blocks of 32k instead of 1k as in V1.4

MSD95 V1.4
this version add support for FAT12 and floppy disks and is supposed to
fix all known bugs, most notably:

	* read failure when reading the FAT on some disk devices
	* mount problems for disk w/o volume names or
	  volume name not at start of root directory
	* more speed when reading file contents

MSD95 V1.3
more informations about the disk with -i option

MSD95 V1.2
partition types 0x0c are now supported (same as FAT32 0x0b)

MSD95 V1.1
First publicly available release

MSD95 V1.0
First release

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
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[generic]                  216     344  62.8% -lh5- 4bd5 Nov 16  1999 MSD95.info
[generic]                   47      47 100.0% -lh0- 5c88 Dec  4  1998 msd95/ms95-0
[generic]                  333    1494  22.3% -lh5- c96d Jun  1  1998 MSD95/MS95-0.info
[generic]                18115   30164  60.1% -lh5- cc1d Jun 27  2000 msd95/msd95
[generic]                18190   30292  60.0% -lh5- ad01 Jun 27  2000 msd95/msd95-020
[generic]                 3775    8862  42.6% -lh5- d87b Sep 16  2000 MSD95/MSD95.guide
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 Total         6 files   40676   71203  57.1%            Jan  1  2001