Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 14:27:50 -0800 (PST) From: "K. Marsh" <durang@u.washington.edu> To: Fernando Schapachnik <fpscha@ns1.sminter.com.ar> Cc: info@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing from DOS partition (affraid to loose long names...) Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.95b.970327142437.20822C-100000@goodall.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199703270536.IAA26066@ns1.sminter.com.ar>
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On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Fernando Schapachnik wrote: > The *.TXT files instruct to create a FREEBSD directoy on > the hard drive. > How do I prevent file names for breaking at 8 characters and loosing its > case when I FTP from the Unix machine to the DOS machine? You don't! Fortunately, the gurus named all the files in the distribution using DOS's 8/3 filenaming scheme. As for the case, no need to worry - DOS is not case sensitive. The installation program will find all the files if you put them in the right places. i.e.: C:\freebsd\bin\bin.aa C:\freebsd\bin\bin.ab C:\freebsd\bin\bin.ac, etc. _ _ __ _ _ / \ / \ / | / \ / \ University of Washington () | | / / / / | \ | | Chemical Engineering /\ | |/ / / /_ | \ \ | | | / / | | |\ \ | | | \ \ __| | | \ \| | | |\ \ \ \ | | \ | I bask in my own insignificance. | | \ \ \ \ | | \ | \_/ \_\ \_| \_/ \_/
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