Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 19:46:51 -0800 From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net>, current <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2 Message-ID: <38D993AB.7B7051DC@gorean.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003221808140.70181-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> <200003222315.QAA34624@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote:
>
> In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003221808140.70181-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> jack writes:
> : Today Warner Losh wrote:
> :
> : > boot.flp288
> :
> : The M$ weenies would probably choke on that since they do
> : filenames other than 8.3 with smoke and mirrors.
>
> 8.3 is so archaic these days we shouldn't be bothered with them. It
> hasn't been a real restriction since the 3.1 days. Win95, released 5
> years ago, fixed this.
But win95 didn't really fix it, it just covered it up. Filenames in
Win9x are still 8.3, but the "OS" provides a translation layer that maps
those 8.3 filenames to long ones. Also, are we sure that fdimage,
running under DOS can handle longer names?
Doug
--
"So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into
existence,
is that possible?"
The master simply replied, "Mu."
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