If you see a bunch of short file names and a couple of long file names
when mounted in -t vfat, it means you have a bunch of files whose long
file names got toasted. It isn't that they are not being displayed or
mounted correctly- it is that they have been destroyed, either by
manipulating them with DOS programs or manipulating them while mounted
without -t vfat or because of your smbmount or samba options. -Tom
On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Gordon Chamberlin wrote:
> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 07:58:33 -0700
> From: Gordon Chamberlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [tomsrtbt] Long Filenames
>
> Thanks for the reply. With -t vfat I do not get long file names, period. I
>mis-spoke earlier in stating that the filename that I created ealier is getting
>converted. I should have said that the long filename for that file only is displayed
>when I mount with -t vfat; everything else is the 8.3 format, including those lovely
>'~'s.
>
> It is quite baffeling for me. Any other ideas?
>
> Thanks.
> -Gordon
>
>
> Tom Oehser wrote:
> >
> > I think you might be confused.
> >
> > With long file names, the 8.3 *always* exists, *in addtion* to the long
> > name. When you mount with -t vfat, you see the long name. When you mount
> > with -t msdos, it is not _converting_ anything, it is just showing you the
> > other name, which is always there and has been there all along, the long
> > names are still there. The same thing happens when you run msdos - you
> > only see the short names and the long names are hidden, and if you update
> > or save a file, they get broken and lost. Just stay within -t vfat and
> > w95 or later and you'll be fine. Let me know if that doesn't solve the
> > issue...
> >
> > -TOm
> >
> > On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Gordon Chamberlin wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:06:30 -0700
> > > From: Gordon Chamberlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [tomsrtbt] Long Filenames
> > >
> > > I love linux! Thank you Tom for tomsrtbt. Thanks for the help. My friend took
>the Netgear back to the store and a different friend loaned me an older LinkSys. I
>had it working within seconds.
> > >
> > > I'm in the middle of copying 350 Megs off of the laptop, using smbmount to
>access a linux fileserver with samba on it.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, I only have the 8.3 filenames. I have tried the -t vfat option
>but to no avail.
> > >
> > > I used this sequence of commands to mount it:
> > > mkdir /tmp/hda1
> > > mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /tmp/hda1
> > >
> > > fdisk identifies the partition as Win95 FAT32.
> > >
> > > When mounting hda1 as vfat, I can create a long file/directory and have it
>preserved through a reboot. That long file name
> > > gets converted between 8.3 and long by unmounting and remounting the partition
>as msdos.
> > >
> > > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > -Gordon
> > > --
> > > Gordon Chamberlin Software Architect
> > > Visualize, Inc. http://www.visualizeinc.com
> > > (602) 861-0999 ext. 14 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
>
> --
> Gordon Chamberlin Software Architect
> Visualize, Inc. http://www.visualizeinc.com
> (602) 861-0999 ext. 14 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
