>
>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
Like I said, use mtools.
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