Re: Mounting Win95 Partitions RH4.2

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From: J�rgen Exner
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 00:00

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Nathan D <nathand@avon.net.au> wrote in article
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> I have had no problem mounting all of my Win95 partitions but they are
all
> in conventional dos mode i.e. 8.3   This causes problems when trying to
> view long filenames with a web browser etc.  
Use the correct filesystem: MSDOS has only 8.3 by definition, it's VFAT
which supports long filenames in the DOS world.

> To fix this I have to unmount and then remount manually using 
> mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos/c.  
Why you don't change your /etc/fstab

> Is there a way to keep them mounted after I reboot 
No. 
Filesystems will always be unmounted on shutdown and remounted at boot
time.

> and/or do it with control panel in X?
??? What are you talking about?

jue
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From: "J�rgen Exner" <nospam@see.signature>
Subject: Re: Mounting Win95 Partitions  RH4.2
Date: 1997/06/15
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