From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 7 12:07:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA06825 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 12:07:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hawaii.conterra.com (hawaii.conterra.com [209.12.164.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA06814 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 12:07:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from myself@conterra.com) Received: from dmaddox.conterra.com (dmaddox.conterra.com [209.12.169.48]) by hawaii.conterra.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA07924; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:07:02 -0500 (EST) Received: (from myself@localhost) by dmaddox.conterra.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) id PAA04412; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:07:00 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from myself) Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:07:00 -0500 From: "Donald J . Maddox" To: stile@imsa.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: msdos & vfat Message-ID: <19990207150700.A4382@dmaddox.conterra.com> Reply-To: dmaddox@conterra.com References: <199902071959.NAA19608@afri.edu.> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <199902071959.NAA19608@afri.edu.>; from stile@imsa.edu on Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 01:59:24PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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