On 07/10/14 05:19, Mr Smiley wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a Fortec Passion Plus satellite receiver that records to a > external USB hard disk using the FAT32 file system. […] > If I create/copy a file using windows, it works every time. > > But if I create/ copy a file using Debian or any Linux dist, it doesn't > work. > > What could be the difference between what windows does and Linux does.
Does the device support long filenames? There's a patent on deriving a short (8.3 character) filename from a long one that Microsoft has been enforcing, and so most Linux installations will use long filenames (and put in garbage short names) when the 'vfat' filesystem is used, or use short filenames if 'msdos' is used. -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I haven't lost my mind... ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5432edad.8020...@longlandclan.yi.org
