Re: 4.0-RELEASE boot.flp fails to boot on K6/2

[Doug Barton]

Warner Losh wrote:
> 
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> jack 
>writes:
> : Today Warner Losh wrote:
> :
> : > boot.flp288
> :
> : The M$ weenies would probably choke on that since they do
> : filenames other than 8.3 with smoke and mirrors.
> 
> 8.3 is so archaic these days we shouldn't be bothered with them.  It
> hasn't been a real restriction since the 3.1 days.  Win95, released 5
> years ago, fixed this.

        But win95 didn't really fix it, it just covered it up. Filenames in
Win9x are still 8.3, but the "OS" provides a translation layer that maps
those 8.3 filenames to long ones. Also, are we sure that fdimage,
running under DOS can handle longer names? 

Doug
-- 
    "So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into
existence,
is that possible?"
    The master simply replied, "Mu."


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