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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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