Re: newfs_msdos - Question

2005-06-16 Thread Ray Cauchi
ummm actually, the Windows layer of Win98 could handle 256 chars for a filename - the DOS layer underneath was still limited r At 09:31 AM 17/06/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I've a question related to newfs_msdos. > >I bought a USB-Stick and formated it (FAT32) but I'm still limited to the >

Re: newfs_msdos - Question

2005-06-16 Thread jared r r spiegel
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 01:31:05AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've a question related to newfs_msdos. > > I bought a USB-Stick and formated it (FAT32) but I'm still limited to the > 8.3 DOS-Style for the filenames. > > Maybe I'm wrong but MS Windows 98 wich was able to use FAT32 was able t

Re: newfs_msdos - Question

2005-06-16 Thread Stuart Henderson
Is this, from mount_msdos(8), relevant at all:? -l Force listing and generation of Windows 95/98 long filenames and separate creation/modification/access dates. If neither -s nor -l are given, mount_msdos searches the root di- rectory of the filesy

newfs_msdos - Question

2005-06-16 Thread sebastian . rother
I've a question related to newfs_msdos. I bought a USB-Stick and formated it (FAT32) but I'm still limited to the 8.3 DOS-Style for the filenames. Maybe I'm wrong but MS Windows 98 wich was able to use FAT32 was able to use 256 CHarackters for a filename So I got many ~ in my filenames and a