callmekw
Thu Sep 09 11:12:26 CDT 2004
The "no longer supported" statement in 4.2 is misleading. It appears
in the 4.2 Help system as well as in MSDN. What they meant to say was
that _Microsoft_ no longer supports the DiskOnChip. They fail to tell
you that an M-Systems driver is included on the 3rd Party Driver Disk
that comes with the full version of Platform Builder. No one at
Microsoft can answer the question why the eval edition does not
include the 3rd party drivers. If your evaluation of the OS requires
support for a DOC or any other devices that are included on the driver
disk, MS left you twisting in the wind.
George McCollister <georgem@novatech-llc.com> wrote in message news:<OnIhFyuiEHA.3876@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...
> George McCollister wrote:
> > Does Windows CE 5.0 still have support for DiskOnChip 2000 flash devices?
> >
> > M-Systems lists Windows CE 5.0 in their compatibility list which can be
> > found here:
> >
http://www.m-systems.com/files/documentation/doc/OSCompatibility_Rev_2.4.pdf
> >
> >
> > but, this link:
> >
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcedata5/html/wce50orifilesystemsdatastoremigration.asp
> >
> >
> > clams that "Effective with Windows CE .NET 4.2, M-Systems TrueFFS is no
> > longer supported in Windows CE. "
> >
> > I can't find any more information on the topic from neither M-Systems or
> > Microsoft. I've called M-Systems tech support, but they won't answer
> > the phone.
> >
> > Regards,
> > George McCollister
> > NovaTech LLC
>
> If anyone else was wondering, DiskOnChip 2000 (TrueFFS 5.1.4) flash
> disks do work in Windows CE 5.0. I was able to get the M-Systems CE .NET
> driver to work in CE 5.0. It seems very strange that official support
> seems to have been dropped. If I notice anything abnormal with the
> driver's operation I'll repost to warn others.
>
> -George