From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 7 15:19:30 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA02888 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:19:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA02861 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:19:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.11 #1) id 109dTy-0006nW-00; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 23:19:19 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id XAA01834; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 23:18:42 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (rasnt-1) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA26624; Sun, 7 Feb 99 23:18:40 GMT Message-Id: <36BE1EA6.7DE60F38@uk.radan.com> Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 23:15:50 +0000 From: Mark Ovens X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en Mime-Version: 1.0 To: dmaddox@conterra.com Cc: stile@imsa.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: msdos & vfat References: <199902071959.NAA19608@afri.edu.> <19990207150700.A4382@dmaddox.conterra.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message