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The redirector interface, introduced with MS-DOS 3.1, allows bypassing the FAT file system code to implement a custom file system. This was originally intended to be used by network clients as a means of enabling access to files on other networked computers, although it was eventually also used to implement support for the CD-ROM file system in the Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX). | The redirector interface, introduced with MS-DOS 3.1, allows bypassing the FAT file system code to implement a custom file system. This was originally intended to be used by network clients as a means of enabling access to files on other networked computers, although it was eventually also used to implement support for the CD-ROM file system in the Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX). | ||
Since [[MS-DOS in Windows 9x|MS-DOS 7]], the kernel | Since [[MS-DOS in Windows 9x|MS-DOS 7]], the kernel has been merged into <code>IO.SYS</code>, while <code>MSDOS.SYS</code> serves as a configuration file. | ||
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