Are you sure you get that with the msdos filesystem? I didn't. To see long filenames, I had to install vfat. Richard Harran wrote: > > I get that now, 'without' vfat. Although I don't have vfat compiled > into the kernel, I am mounting my Win drives with the 'vfat' type option > (apparently quite sucessfully), which is why I asked the question. > > Seems a bit strange. > Rich > > David Nelson wrote: > > > > For one, vfat let's you see long filenames in Linux. > >