Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:05:42 +0200 From: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...) Message-ID: <43392786.8060102@pobox.sk> In-Reply-To: <20050926225220.33c51d39@localhost> References: <433852A8.10900@gish.demon.nl> <20050926225220.33c51d39@localhost>
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jonas wrote: > On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:57:28 +0200 > Kiffin Gish <kiffin@gish.demon.nl> wrote: > > >>I have a dual-boot laptop running on the one hand Windows XP (sorry) >>and on the other hand good old FreeBSD. >> >>My question: is it possible to exchange data files between both both >>operaing systems in an easy and efficient way? >> >>For example, saving all my MP3s on a separate data partition and >>playing the same music despite which operating system I am using? >> >>Thanks alot in advance. > > > hi! > > freebsd can mount ntfs read only and with limited writing support > (see 'man mount_ntfs' for details. (should be enough for playing mp3s). > you can create a fat32 partition which freebsd and windows can read and > write, or a ext2fs partition and get a ext2fs driver for windows. i'm > not totally sure, but think freebsd can write ext2fs. > > bye, > jonas hello, when i mount a fat32 partition some files have different case (see below) then in windows. how come ?? e.g.: $ ll -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 734 Mar 1 2005 a.txt -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 649 Mar 16 2003 A.txt~ -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 1110 Mar 27 2003 b.txt -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 2980 Jun 6 23:46 c.txt -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 2475 Mar 1 2005 C.txt~ -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 2563 Jun 10 12:49 d.txt -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 2561 Jun 10 12:42 D.txt~ -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 1015 Jun 7 00:25 e.txt -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 681 Mar 16 2003 E.txt~ -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 602 Mar 16 2003 f.txt -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 421 Mar 16 2003 g.txt in windows all the files above have first letter in uppercase, that is "A.txt" for instance. is this a known issue (why??) or am i missing something or what? regards, martin
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