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, Chris Stacey wrote:

> In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.970212113511.2568D-100000@eiger.pv.unsw.EDU.AU>, Seyed <seyed@cse.unsw.EDU.AU> writes:
> >
> >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?
> 
> I assume you have a line something like 
> 
> /dev/hda1        /dosc        msdos        defaults,uid=29044,gid=106,umask=007  1  1

I don't have msdos and /dosc. I only have /DOS

> 
> If not you will have to recompile the kernel with the VFAT stuff turned on.
> 
How can I do this? give me some detailed info.

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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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