Re: Formatting umsdos partitions

On Tue, 17 Dec 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have Debian packages on a Win95 formatted disk > and need to transfer them to a Linux formatted > disk. These packages have the long filenames, they > were not downloaded from the msdos directory. However > when I try to access the files directly fr

Re: Formatting umsdos partitions

Try using the vfat filesystem type. I think that this should work...I have it running (as a module) and it let me download a lot of stuff onto a FAT partition under NT 4.0 that saved everything with those nice filenames...works swimmingly. In the absence of an effective general mythology, each of

Re: Formatting umsdos partitions

Try mount -t vfat /dev/hd?? /??. This mounts the filesystem with long name support | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | Simon Martin | "Old software engineers never die, | they just fail to boot"

Re: Formatting umsdos partitions

Use "mount -t vfat " when you mount that partition and Linux will recognize Windows 95 long filenames. You might have to load the "vfat" module. You don't need to use UMSDOS, nor will it help. Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP f