On 20 Dec 2004 at 9:22, Dave wrote:

> I assumed that 8.3 name creation was part of the VFAT spec.  Why would you 
> want to turn it off?  (This is a genuine question, not a troll.  I'm 
> wondering what the benefits might be)
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Konstantin Svist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:19 AM
> Subject: RE: [freenet-support] "cannot find the main class" error
> 
> 
> I've found my problem. When installing JRE, it installed to C:\Program
> Files\Java\... but I had the 8.3 name creation turned off on my system. When
> I recreated the 8.3 name, everything started working.
> 
> Hope this helps if anyone runs into the same problem

A better question would be: why isn't Freenet (or perhaps the JRE 
itself) fully LFN-compatible? Especially given that it's cross-
platform, and some systems (Mac, *nix) don't have 8.3 filenames at 
all...
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