msdos only allowed 8.3 file format. Use vfat instead to get LFN.

Regards,
Vikas.

>From: Gaddam Srikrishan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [linux-delhi] Mounting a FAT32 partition
>Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 09:10:21 +0530
>
>Hi,
>
>My name is Srikrishan and I am quite new to Linux, working on it for
>last 3 months.
>
>I 've a small query that goes like this.
>
>I've installed RH6.2 on a machine that also has Windows 95 installed in
>their
>respective partitions. Windows partition is in FAT32.
>To access that partition I mount that partition under Linux. Although I
>am able to
>see all my files, only that I don't see them in Long File Name Format
>(LFN).
>
>I am mounting the partition with the following command:
>
>mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt/mypartition
>
>I'll be grateful to LI-Delhi if somebody can help me out to see my files
>in LFN.
>
>Thanks
>Srikrishan

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