CONFIG.SYS - IFS Statements

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IFS means "Installable File System". This are the drivers to read different file systems like FAT32 or HPFS.

Compression/Encryption

CBS.IFS - ZipStream

Optical Media

CDFS.IFS - CD-ROM ISO9660
CDWFS.IFS - RSJ CD Writer

DASD

EXT2-OS2.IFS - Linux ext2
FAT32.IFS - FAT32
HFS.IFS - Macintosh HFS
HPFS.IFS - High Performance File System
HPFS386.IFS - 386 High Performance File System
JFS.IFS - IBM Journaling File System v2
NTFS.IFS - Windows NT NTFS

RAMFS.IFS

RAMFS64.IFS

RAMFS by Karl Olson is a "remote file system" (as opposed to a "local file system").

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x	OS/2 3.0	OS/2 4.0	OS/2 4.5x
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

SRVIFSC.IFS

The ThinIFS by IBM.

TIP: Ideal for CID Installations because it can be used from installation disks.

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x	OS/2 3.0	OS/2 4.0	OS/2 4.5x
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

STUBFSD.IFS

ISOFS is an installable file system for OS/2 to access ISO rawfiles suitable for burning on CD. It allows transparent access to the contents of the raw file. Currently only Joliet filenames are supported but this may change in the future.

Developed by Chris Wohlgemuth.

or with Parameter 'AEFS':

AEFS is a cryptographic file system for OS/2. It allows transparent access to encrypted files stored on any file system supported by OS/2. The user can encrypt data using a number of block cipher algorithms (currently, Twofish and Rijndael). It supports long file names and extended attributes. It's also reasonably fast.

Platform Support:
OS/2 2.x	OS/2 3.0	OS/2 4.0	OS/2 4.5x
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

TONIGY.IFS - Tonigy - Multimedia CD System/2
TVFS.IFS - Toronto Virtual File System
UDF.IFS - Universal Disk Format
VFAT-OS2.IFS - VFAT
VMMAP.IFS - Virtual PC shared folders