Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

[dman <dsh8290@rit.edu>]

On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:56:04AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
| Eric Smith wrote:
| > 
| > How do I get unabridged filenames viz project_one.doc insead of
| > projec~1.doc on floppies where files have been saved in windows.
| 
|   mount it as vfat (mount -t vfat)?

The easiest way is to edit /etc/filesystems and list vfat above msdos.
When you specify a type of "auto", mount must try things (in some
order) to find one that works.  For some reason it defaults to trying
msdos before vfat, it works, and you only get 8.3 characters.  You can
specify a preferred order in /etc/filesystems and have it try vfat
first.

-D

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