Given the original post, I'd imagine it's some interaction between the Windows installer and short filenames e.g. perhaps the installer assumes that a short filename exists... (rather than anything particularly wrong with Freenet or the JRE)
> 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... > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at > http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
