I absolutely understand this. However, was there any particular reason why 9x used 3.1 as it's preinstallation environment, as opposed to booting 9x directly? AFAIK, this imposed a lot of very specific restrictions on filename lengths because the preinstall environment didn't understand FAT32 LFN extensions.
In comparison, the preinstall environment for the NT line was always just NT. Same for Linux and Mac OS[0].
[0] OS 9's install media was actually a live CD, funnily enough, mainly because that OS was about as technically sophisticated as Windows 3.x.
In comparison, the preinstall environment for the NT line was always just NT. Same for Linux and Mac OS[0].
[0] OS 9's install media was actually a live CD, funnily enough, mainly because that OS was about as technically sophisticated as Windows 3.x.