// win98 observed not returning nativeFileSystem
        // Problems here with iSeries returning ASCII even though useUnicode = true
        // Fortunately we don't really need nativeFileSystem for anything.
        // However, we'll try to read it safely for compatibility
        if (this.byteCount > bufferIndex - start) {
            try {
                // Attempt to read nativeFileSystem, but don't fail if there are issues

        // win98 observed not returning nativeFileSystem
        /* Problems here with iSeries returning ASCII even though useUnicode = true
         * Fortunately we don't really need nativeFileSystem for anything.
        if( byteCount > bufferIndex - start ) {
            nativeFileSystem = readString( buffer, bufferIndex );
            bufferIndex += stringWireLength( nativeFileSystem, bufferIndex );
        }
        */