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Re: zip drive?



On Tuesday 17 July 2001 18:32, Frank Zimmermann wrote:
> Leonard Stiles wrote:
> > Note that you can alternatively specify "auto" as the file-system
> > type, in which case it will be auto-detected by mount.
>
> I realized some problemes with "auto" and vfat, namely long
> filenames. When I tried the auto/detection it always showed 8.3
> filnames. Well, most times I use vfat foramttd ZIPs and the few
> times I use something else I use
> mount -t hfs /dev/hdd /zip
> (why don't I need a partition number in this case?)

alpha:~$ more /etc/filesystems 
ext2
vfat
msdos
hfs



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