Re: Where are ms-dos filenames for Debian packages?
In a message dated 3/1/99 4:06:05 PM Central Standard Time, lls@freedomain.org
writes:
> 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.
>
I can't imagine this would work. Last I checked DOS simply didn't support
long files names. (I don't know about later versions - but the original
request mentioned that you're still running Win 3.1 - I'd assume you don't
have a really recent version of DOS either). Long file names are a feature of
Win95 and the "DOS" that Win95 provides. Simply mounting the partition as
vfat isn't going to provide that functionality.
This is a complete guess - but you might see if the Win32s extentions to Win
3.1 will allow long file names. It's been way too long since I've seen them,
so I can't remember one way or another.
-Jay
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