On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Vidiot wrote:
> >When mounting the floppy under linux, mount it as type
> >"vfat" instead of type "msdos" or type "fat" This will make
> >the long file names work!
> > John
>
> Yes and no. No in that is you want to save a file that is named:
>
> File.txt (notice the mixed case)
>
> it will get recorded as FILE.TXT, i.e., only using the 8.3 name entry.
>
> If you use the mtools suite of programs, there is no mounting necessary
> AND the File.txt will have both the short and long name entries.
>
> Don't mount, use mtools.
>
Huh? If you don't mount the floppy, how are you gonna get
the files off it?
John
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