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Date:      Tue, 8 Sep 1998 09:46:33 +0200
From:      Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za>
To:        nogamu <nogamu@sage.ark.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: transfering file names from windows 95 to FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <19980908094633.B24232@cityip.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <35F3984E.874403A7@sage.ark.com>; from nogamu on Mon, Sep 07, 1998 at 01:24:46AM -0700
References:  <35F3984E.874403A7@sage.ark.com>

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On Mon, 07 Sep 1998 at 01:24 SAT, nogamu wrote:
> 
> I have a Hewlett Packard 2060i SCSI CD-R burner, with Gear software.  I
> am planning to burn 2-3 CD-R's, one containing most of FreeBSD's OS, and
> the next couple would store all the packages that are available
> (freeBSD/packages/All). I was wondering if you know if long file names
> such as mmr-1.5.1.tgz will properly transfer over to the new CD-R.
> Windows 95 seems to use both, but I know that unix of course works with
> the long file names only.
> 
> Will the long file names transfer or, will just the short 8-3 ISO9660
> standard screw things up.

When writing the CD (on Win95), set the target filesystem to ISO9660 +
Rockridge extensions, _not_ to Joliet.  I have never used Gear, but most
modern CD burning software should give you the option.

-- V

Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878

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