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

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From: hbaecker
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 00:00

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On Wed, 12 Feb 1997 18:35:35 +1100, Seyed <seyed@cse.unsw.EDU.AU>
wrote:

>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...
>> 
>> --
>> 
>Where can I find VFAT95? I haven't seen it in slackwar linux directory.
>

I think that it was Win95 contracted those filenames BEFORE burning
the CDROM.

Harry

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From: hbaecker@island.net
Subject: Re: How can I read long win95 files with linux on cdrom
Date: 1997/02/13
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