Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:23:03 -0400 (EDT) From: "N. Emile Akabi-Davis" <akabi@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu> To: nik@iii.co.uk Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Reflections on FreeBSD 2.2.6 Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980727092145.11962A-100000@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980727141910.A392@iii.co.uk>
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On Mon, 27 Jul 1998 nik@iii.co.uk wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 1998 at 08:03:05AM -0400, N. Emile Akabi-Davis wrote: > > > Parellel port ZIP support is in -current, if you have the resources to > > > run that. Alternatively, try > > > > > > <URL:http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~son/ppa3.html>; > > > > > > which has a driver and instructions on how to use it on your system. > > Visited the site, got the tarbol and have installed it. > > Works fine except I do not have long file name support. > > Quick Q: Does msdos driver support long filenames and it > > yes how do I activate it? > > Two choices. > > 1. Upgrade to the newly released 2.2.7, which has FAT32 support, which > includes long filenames. Planning on this over the weekend. > > 2. Install the mtools port/package, which is a set of tools specifically > for accessing DOS disks, and supports long filenames. Will use this for the moment. > Option 2 is probably the simplest. Thanks -- Caio |Oliver's Law: Experience is something you N.Emile <DeR vInYl JuNkIe> | do not get until just after you need it. /*Standard disclaimer in place*/| Help Stamp out and Abolish #include <disclaimer.h> | Redundancy and Repitition. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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