Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:28:01 -0700 From: George Davidovich <freebsd@optimis.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: please help to uninstall FreeBSD!!! Message-ID: <20090816172801.GA84244@marvin.optimis.net> In-Reply-To: <003601ca1e89$deda1ef0$9c8e5cd0$@com> References: <980215.56754.qm@web58307.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <20090812130546.GA3672@marge.bs.l> <4A82C3DD.7040209@ibctech.ca> <002701ca1b59$b3e132c0$1ba39840$@com> <20090813040701.34245f03.freebsd@edvax.de> <003601ca1e89$deda1ef0$9c8e5cd0$@com>
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 11:54:41AM -0400, Charles Oppermann wrote: > > I assume your use of "MICROS~1" is some sort of clever dig at > Microsoft, but this is 2009 - not 1995 Sorry, but while I agree the MICROS~1 pejorative can be a bit juvenile and uncalled for, your assertion that 8.3 filenames are a thing of the past is incorrect. If browsing an installation CD or the contents of your local drive isn't enough to raise a few questions ... [george@XP] # regtool list '/HKLM/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/FileSystem' NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation Win31FileSystem Win95TruncatedExtensions The default value for NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation is 0. Obviously, there's reasons for that, but this is one of those situations where an admonition of "Go ahead and laugh -- it's funny!" might be appropriate. -- George
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