Re: [aclug-L] More info on using zip drives...

[John Reinke <ufotofu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's my understanding that windows 95 doesn't *really* have longer file
names than DOS. It just stores the longer file name (up to 255 char) within
the file somehow, and the OS displays the long name. That's probably why
viewing win95 files in other OSes usually shows the xxxxxx~1.ext name if
viewed without some sort of translation utility.

john

>I just discovered something useful.  Perhaps everyone else knew this all
>along, but...
>
>If I take a zip from a MS operating system (W9x, NT) and it has long
>filenames (like the names of a bunch of new .deb files I downloaded from
>debian.org...).  I can see those long filenames just fine on the MS
>machines, but when I mount the zip drive without any additional stuff
>(letting it default to fs type, etc) on my Linux system these files all show
>up as 8+3 format (ie xfree8~1.deb).
>
>To see the filenames correctly, I have to force mount to use type vfat, so
>my mount command looks like:
>
>    mount -t vfat /dev/hdd4 /zip
>
>This saves a lot of hassle, since before I would:
>
>1) mount the zip disk on my w95 machine (which dual boots with slackware).
>2) copy the files (long names) to a dos partition there.
>3) reboot into linux (automounting the dos partition)
>4) copy the files to an ext2 formatted zip disk
>5) take ext2 zip disk to the other linux system and use it there...
>
>Ack!
>
>Greg
>
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