From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 17 09:54:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA29211 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 09:54:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA29138 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 09:54:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA22420; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 12:41:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199808171641.MAA22420@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: q: installing BSD from DOS (or other 8.3 file system) In-Reply-To: <35D804A0.44E62BBF@azstarnet.com> from Robert Hunter at "Aug 17, 98 03:23:28 am" To: googol@azstarnet.com Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 12:41:19 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message