Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 12:41:19 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: googol@azstarnet.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: q: installing BSD from DOS (or other 8.3 file system) Message-ID: <199808171641.MAA22420@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <35D804A0.44E62BBF@azstarnet.com> from Robert Hunter at "Aug 17, 98 03:23:28 am"
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Robert Hunter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am planning to install BSD from home-made CDROM [ISO9660] of the
> distribution, but am concerned about source filenames that get truncated
> to 8.3.
>
> I noticed that the 'BIN' dist filenames are all 8.3 compliant, but what
> about other dists?
>
Don't worry. You won't be walking the DOG during the installation :)
(Not One Byte (tm)).
The ISO-9660 fs handles translations, assuming the CDROM was well-burnt.
Dave
--
Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis.
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