Re: How can I read long win95 files with linux on cdrom

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From: Seyed
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 00:00

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On 12 Feb 1997, Mark W. Maurer wrote:

> Seyed (seyed@cse.unsw.EDU.AU) wrote:
> : 
> : Hi there,
> : 
> : I've burned a CD using win95 and have a lot of files with long names (
> : more than 8.3 characters). I tried to read them from linux (istalled
> : inside a directory on my PC) and what I saw was the long file names are
> : truncated and there is ~ sign on the file names. Anyone knows how I can
> : get linux to read the file names properly and be able to install the
> : softwares from CD instead of copying them into HD and renaming them?
> : 
> : Thanks,
> : Seyed
> : 
> 
> Ummm, would installing VFAT 95 from the kernel do this?  I'm not sure...
> 
> --
> Mark Maurer    mwmaurer@mtu.edu    If it wasn't for theory, we would never    
> Exanter Dragon  --==[UDIC]==--     be able to invent symbols that don't
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> 
> 
Where can I find VFAT95? I haven't seen it in slackwar linux directory.

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From: Seyed <seyed@cse.unsw.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: How can I read long win95 files with linux on cdrom
Date: 1997/02/12
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