Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 14:14:46 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: sos@freebsd.org Cc: hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: MSDOSfs long filename support.... Message-ID: <478.813503686@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 12 Oct 1995 04:36:41 MST." <199510121136.EAA01458@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> While fumbling along with WIN95 (yuck) here at work it hit me that > WIN95 is able to put long filenames onto a MSDOS FAT filesystem. > > They way they do it is easy, and I'm thinking of putting support > into our msdos filesystem driver. > > Would this bring us closer to running of a msdos filesystem ?? > (modulo unstabilities in the msdosfs support). > It should be possible to load the files under dos with a > special utility (or WIN95) and then run FreeBSD off of that > directory right?? yes, when devfs is all swingin' -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. It will be some time yet before progress goes too far... (Poul Henningsen)
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