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Roderick W. Smith wrote:
> 
> rolan@ibm.net (Randy Olan) wrote:
> >
> > I've got OS/2 and Windows currently installed on
> > one machine and need to install W95 with long file name
> > support.  I have a common drive partition that will
> > be used by W95 and OS/2.  I'd like to know if
> > any problems will exist if I use W95 long file names
> > on this drive.  Of course I won't be accessing W95 files
> > under OS/2, but will this cause any corruptions, and will
> > I be able to run OS/2 disk utilities against the common
> > drive without any problems?
> >
> > BTW I won't be installing FAT32, I'll only have the base W95
> > with service pack 1.
> 
> So long as it's FAT16, it should work fine.  You won't be able to
> access the Win95 long filenames, but OS/2 pretty well ignores the VFAT
> entries that contain those names, so OS/2 won't corrupt them; and
> Win95 pretty much ignores the OS/2 EA file, so that should be safe.


   Actually, you _can_ access Win95's long filenames. Sort of. IBM's
'Just Add OS/2 Warp' kit is designed for people running both Warp and
Win95 on the same machine, especially on the same partion. It allows you
to (among other things) see Win95 long file names in OS/2's WorkPlace
Shell (WPS). 
   Plusses: makes it easier to figure out what an xxxxxx~1.yyy file is
without having to reboot into Win95, becuase you can see its long name
in OS/2's WPS.
   Minusses: only works in the WPS and programs based on the WPS, like
Stardock's Object Navigator (part of Object Desktop)
           : if you try to rename a Windows LFN to another long name
while in OS/2, you'll have problems, as Win95 won't recognize the
change.

   About the only thing this is good for is _viewing_ LFNs in OS/2. For
that, though, it works well. You can find the JAOW kit at:
   http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/nwsdrk95.html


--Dill
dill@glinx.com