[linux-help] Re: Saving to a floppy disk

["Dale W Hodge" <dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Jeff Vian
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> A windows/dos formated floppy is NOT vfat.
> It is msdos.

I beg to differ. Long filename support is vfat, not dos. You can mount a floppy
with "-t vfat", in fact if you don't, you loose long filename support.

> The floppy has NEVER used the 32bit vfat formatting.

This is probably correct, but it *is* vfat.


--dwh

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