>i've used windows95 to copy some files with long names
>on a floppy.
>Under linux the file names are just 8 characters long.
>the first six characters of the original name followed
>by "~1".
>and this happens only for floopy files, my long file
>names on the hard drive are well supported.
>
>what can i do to have my linux support long file names
>on the floopy disk ?
Use the mtools suite of programs to read the floppy. Do a
man mtools
for details on what is available. They are a lot easier to use
than mounting a floppy and have full file name support.
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