Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:07:00 -0500 From: "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@conterra.com> To: stile@imsa.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: msdos & vfat Message-ID: <19990207150700.A4382@dmaddox.conterra.com> In-Reply-To: <199902071959.NAA19608@afri.edu.>; from stile@imsa.edu on Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 01:59:24PM -0600 References: <199902071959.NAA19608@afri.edu.>
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You don't specify what version of FBSD you're using, but the msdosfs has supported long filenames for quite a while. If you mount an msdos partition, and you only see 8.3 filenames, you just need to upgrade to a newer release. On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 01:59:24PM -0600, stile@imsa.edu wrote: > In linux I can mount my fat partitions with long filename support. > Using a mount type of vfat. Is there anything similar in FreeBSD? > Mounting with 8.3 characters via msdos is not really a nice option. > > Thanks > > Aaron J. Anderson > ps. if this port doesn't exist, it should To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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