Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

[Eric Smith <es@fruitcom.com>]

According to dman on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 07:58:40AM -0500:
> 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.
> 

excellent.

Wish the package maintainers would attend to these annoying
little things - how many ppl really want 8.3 dos filenames
as their default?

-- 
Eric Smith