[Discussion] Does "pinball.sys" Work?

[Jim Hughes]

On 2009_12_05 01:05, Jim Hughes wrote:
>
>
> On 2009_12_04 17:24, Thomas Clayton wrote:
>> Dear POSSI:
>>
>> Recently downloaded (DLed) many OS2 / eCS related files to NTFS (Win: 
>> 2k, XP) HDD volume. I saw among the things I could - and DID - DL: 
>> pinball.sys and related files to ENABLe seeing / writing to HPFS 
>> volumes from "NT" type OSes.
>>
>> Has anyone tried using these with an NT OS to access a HPFS drive?
>>
>>
>> I'm thinking of
>>  putting a 256MB or 2.1 GB IDE drive that it ALREADY HPFS formatted 
>> onto the NT system via an external USB cable _OR_ directly onto its 
>> IDE cable
>>  (while it is off  ;-)  ),
>> copying these DLed files to its HPFS volume,
>> then detaching it (while the system is off :-) if it was on the IDE 
>> cable),
>> and, then,
>> re-attaching (I guess I should have the Warp system off, too ;-D  )
>> .
>>
>> You KNOW ... I PROBABLY could JUST use a DOS formatted drive, 
>> couldn't I?
>>
>> Still, I'd like to know the answer to that question.
>>
>> Thomas Clayton
>>
>>
>>   
> Thomas
>
> For me, Pinball does work on a win XP system read and write, the 
> version I use contains:
>
>    Archive:  HPFSW2K.ZIP
>      Length     EAs   ACLs    Date   Time    Name
>     --------    ---   ----    ----   ----    ----
>          182          0      0             09-15-01 03:46   hpfs.reg
>       117376      0      0             09-15-01 03:46   pinball.sys
>          215          0      0             09-15-01 03:46   readme
>         4096         0      0             09-15-01 03:46   rs.dll
>     --------  -----  -----                   -------
>       121869      0      0                   4 files
>
> Unfortunately I don't remember the source of the download,
>
> Some caveats:
>
>    - max size of hpfs partition(s)  < 8gig ( best to stay under 7.5 g).
>    My experience under w2k was that  approaching 8 g or larger, windows
>    gets confused and puts all its effort into figuring out what it is
>    dealing with and won't even shut down without the aid of the power
>    switch. I haven't even tried under XP.
>    - customize the "recycle bin" so that it is shut off (zerospace) for
>    the appliicable partition(s), unless of course, after emptying it, 
>    you like being interupted every 10 seconds or so with a system
>    focused popup telling you that the "desktop.ini" is corrupted and to
>    run the check disk utility. On my system, because customizing
>    doesn't always stay set (windows knows what I want better than me?),
>    I usually have a "delete" directory and move files to it and
>    actually delete them when rebooted to os2/eCS. Basically, don't use
>    the recycle bin with a HPFS partition, work around it.
>    - As I make a habit of turning them off anyway I can't remember if
>    there are any problems with the various indexing services, fast
>    finds, etc.
>
> Regards
> Jim
>
>

It was late when I wrote the above:
Most of my experience has been under w2k, my XP installation is 
relatively new. Like Julian, I use fat32 partitions for data and stuff 
that I want common across win and os2. I have never tried large copies 
and writes to-from hpfs partitions while in windows. I have pinball just 
as a just in case convenience.

Jim