Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 23:15:50 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: dmaddox@conterra.com Cc: stile@imsa.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: msdos & vfat Message-ID: <36BE1EA6.7DE60F38@uk.radan.com> References: <199902071959.NAA19608@afri.edu.> <19990207150700.A4382@dmaddox.conterra.com>
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"Donald J . Maddox" wrote:
>
> 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.
>
Support was added in 2.2.7. Long filenames and FAT32.
> 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
>
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