Re: long filenames in M$Dos partition

1998-03-18 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 01:24:33AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Can anybody of you please explain to me (hopeless newbie) why > > > when I can't see long filenames on mounted msdos partition? This > > > causes me some pain in the neck as I ca

Re: long filenames in M$Dos partition

1998-03-14 Thread shaul
> Can anybody of you please explain to me (hopeless newbie) why > when I can't see long filenames on mounted msdos partition? This > causes me some pain in the neck as I can't freely manipulate files > between linux and dos... Since linux assumes that an MSDOS file system is to be operatable eve

Re: long filenames in M$Dos partition

1998-03-14 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 01:24:33AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Can anybody of you please explain to me (hopeless newbie) why > > when I can't see long filenames on mounted msdos partition? This > > causes me some pain in the neck as I can't freely manipulate files > > between linux and do

Re: long filenames in M$Dos partition

1998-03-12 Thread Carroll Kong
Did you try mounting as vfat? Carroll Kong On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Arunas Norvaisa wrote: > Dear list, > > Can anybody of you please explain to me (hopeless newbie) why > when I can't see long filenames on mounted msdos partition? This > causes me some pain in the neck as I can't free

Re: long filenames in M$Dos partition

1998-03-12 Thread Remco van de Meent
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Arunas Norvaisa wrote: : Can anybody of you please explain to me (hopeless newbie) why : when I can't see long filenames on mounted msdos partition? This : causes me some pain in the neck as I can't freely manipulate files : between linux and dos... : : Any suggesti

Re: long filenames in M$Dos partition

1998-03-12 Thread Steve Hsieh
Mount using filesystem type vfat. On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Arunas Norvaisa wrote: > Dear list, > > Can anybody of you please explain to me (hopeless newbie) why > when I can't see long filenames on mounted msdos partition? This > causes me some pain in the neck as I can't freely manipulate file

Re: long filenames in M$Dos partition

1998-03-12 Thread Ben Pfaff
Can anybody of you please explain to me (hopeless newbie) why when I can't see long filenames on mounted msdos partition? This causes me some pain in the neck as I can't freely manipulate files between linux and dos... You are probably mounting the drive as `msdos' instead of `vfat'.

long filenames in M$Dos partition

1998-03-12 Thread Arunas Norvaisa
Dear list, Can anybody of you please explain to me (hopeless newbie) why when I can't see long filenames on mounted msdos partition? This causes me some pain in the neck as I can't freely manipulate files between linux and dos... Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks. -- greetz... Arunas N