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Re: Where are ms-dos filenames for Debian packages?



At 10:16 AM 3/1/99 -0600, Keith Saxon wrote:
>I'm trying to install .deb files from a DOS partition.
>
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>I have /hda1 (linux primary), /hda2 (linux swap), /hda3 (ms-dos primary).

Does it work to define /hda3 as vfat rather than msdos?  If vfat isn't in your
kernel, you can mount it after you login.  This will give you full filenames
rather than 8.3 names.


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