According to dman on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 07:58:40AM -0500: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:56:04AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > | Eric Smith wrote: > | > > | > How do I get unabridged filenames viz project_one.doc insead of > | > projec~1.doc on floppies where files have been saved in windows. > | > | mount it as vfat (mount -t vfat)? > > The easiest way is to edit /etc/filesystems and list vfat above msdos. > When you specify a type of "auto", mount must try things (in some > order) to find one that works. For some reason it defaults to trying > msdos before vfat, it works, and you only get 8.3 characters. You can > specify a preferred order in /etc/filesystems and have it try vfat > first. >
excellent. Wish the package maintainers would attend to these annoying little things - how many ppl really want 8.3 dos filenames as their default? -- Eric Smith
