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Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 21:57:49 -0400
From: David Heller <dheller1@rochester.rr.com>
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John Daniels wrote:
> 
> Hi:
> Dual boot setup with Windows98 and FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE, KDE and StarOffice
> 5.1a.
> /etc/fstab file contains:
> /dev/ad0s1   /msdos   msdos   rw,longnames,-u=1002,-g=1002  0  2
> 
> Problem:
> StarOffice editor: File -> Open shows only a limited number of file and
> directories.  For example the MyDocuments folder is not listed.  But if I
> specify a path and filename which is not listed, it _will_ open the file.
> 
> I tried editing a word file (which wasn't listed) and it found it and wrote
> it (with a different filename) but when I tried to open the file after
> booting Win98, I got an error message (check filename and permissions on
> file and directory...)
> 
> The KDE editor and KDE file manager show all files and directories under the
> /msdos directory and will edit them and write them and I have no problem
> opening the files again under Win98.  *BUT* I have only used the KDE editor
> with text files, not with word files.
> 
> Is anyone aware of these problems, know of any fixes/workarounds?  Am I
> doing something wrong? Any help is very apprecitated.
> 
> John
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Better yet purchase Applixware for FreeBSD. I've heard it's pretty good
(I have not tried it yet). And it will probably run alot faster then a
Linux program.

Regards

Dave


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