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Started by gbh
Tue, 17 Dec 1996 00:00
Formatting umsdos partitions
Author: gbh
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 00:00
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I need to transfer files that have long filenames from a Win95 formatted disk to a Linux formatted disk. The Linux formatted disk has a spare partition I can work with to help transfer these files. When I try to access the files directly from Linux, it converts the files to the 8.3 dos convention thus losing the long filenames. I am wondering, if I format the spare partition to the umsdos format, will Win95 be able to recognize it - letting me copy the files there, and preserve the long filenames. Then could I copy the files through Linux from the umsdos partition to the ext2 partition keeping the filenames intact? If this is possible, how do I format the partition to the umsdos format? The mkfs command seems to have only msdos but not umsdos. If this idea will not work, are there any ways to transfer these files to my Linux file system and preserve the long filenames? --Greg
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