Re: Re[2]: [Devil-linux-develop] msdos filesystem

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

On Mon, October 24, 2005 02:51, Serge Leschinsky wrote:
> Dear Heiko,
>
>
> Saturday, October 22, 2005, 3:54:29 PM, you wrote:
>
>
>> use the vfat file system, this allows you to use long filenames. msdos
>> has the 8.3 limitation.
> You are absolutely right. 8.3 limitation corrupts file name.
> I've rolled back MSDOS support.
>
>
> But save-config refuses attempt to save on a usual floppy. Was it
> possible to work with msdos filesystem earlier? I've never used floppy
> before so I'm not sure that it was able.

I recall having problems with this too.
You need to make sure when you format the floppy, that you use vfat
(mkfs.vfat I think).

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  Heiko Zuerker
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