Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 12:41:19 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: googol@azstarnet.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: q: installing BSD from DOS (or other 8.3 file system) Message-ID: <199808171641.MAA22420@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <35D804A0.44E62BBF@azstarnet.com> from Robert Hunter at "Aug 17, 98 03:23:28 am"
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Robert Hunter wrote: > Hi, > > I am planning to install BSD from home-made CDROM [ISO9660] of the > distribution, but am concerned about source filenames that get truncated > to 8.3. > > I noticed that the 'BIN' dist filenames are all 8.3 compliant, but what > about other dists? > Don't worry. You won't be walking the DOG during the installation :) (Not One Byte (tm)). The ISO-9660 fs handles translations, assuming the CDROM was well-burnt. Dave -- Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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