You can use the vfat filesystem with Windows 95 floppies so you can have
long filenames.
David Pellegrino wrote:
>
> Yes, you have to mount the floppy from Linux. The command is:
> "mount -t msdos /dev/fdx /mnt" mount let's you access the disk, -t msdos
> allows you to use the msdos filesystem (don't forget to use this, or you
> can damage the disk as far as windows is concerned.) /dev/fdx, where fdx
> is your floppy, it's usually fd0. And /mnt is the mount point. When your
> done don't forget to "unmount" the floppy using the umount command. Note:
> is "umount" not "unmount". Good luck.
>
> David
>
> On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Can I read data on a Windows95 generated floppy? If so, how do I do it? I'm
> > running Linux version 5.0 (Red Hat)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt
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