Editing FAT filesystem and Linux (section)

== History and support ==
Most of the major Linux distributions, including RedHat, SuSE, and Debian, do not employ ''{{Not a typo|umsdos}}'' to permit installation of Linux on a FAT disc volume.  A few distributions do, however.<ref name="Smith2">{{cite book |title=The multi-boot configuration handbook |series=Handbook Series |author-first=Roderick W. |author-last=Smith |publisher=[[Que Publishing]] |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-7897-2283-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780789722836/page/256 256,341&ndash;342] |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780789722836/page/256 }}</ref>  These include distributions such as Phat Linux, which installs in <code>C:\PHAT</code> on DOS by unpacking a [[ZIP file]] and is booted by running a [[COMMAND.COM]] script named <code>LINUX.BAT</code>,<ref name="McCune"/> and [[ZipSlack]]{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}.

The UMSDOS project was started in 1992 by Jacques Gelinas and made available to the net in January 1994 as a patch. It was included in the standard distribution starting with kernel 1.1.36.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}  UMSDOS was removed from the Linux 2.6.11 kernel for lack of maintenance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summary of changes from v2.6.10 to v2.6.11 |url=https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11|website=www.kernel.org |access-date=2017-11-15}}</ref>  UVFAT, an extension of UMSDOS to use the Windows data structures for long filenames instead of its own,  was discontinued before release.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UMSDOS filesystem: UVFAT support |url=http://linux.voyager.hr/umsdos/#uvfat |website=linux.voyager.hr |access-date=2015-07-16}}</ref> They should work in 2.4.x kernels.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}

Earlier Linux distributions which used UMSDOS are [[MuLinux]],<ref>[http://mulinux.narod.ru/en_index.html MuLinux Project]</ref> Monkey Linux<ref>[http://projectdevolve.tripod.com/text/descript.htm Monkey Linux Explained]</ref> and Winlinux 2000.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120707065033/http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-1044390.html The Linux/Windows combo: Use these resources to make it work]</ref>