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Date:      Tue, 27 Aug 2002 07:57:18 -0400
From:      "C. A. Daelhousen" <cd9@buffalo.edu>
To:        Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org>
Subject:   Re: mtools vs mount
Message-ID:  <20020827075718.A3273@selvirjin.buffalo.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020826220454.P1757-100000@dhcp-402-55.san.rr.com>; from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com on Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 10:10:49PM -0700
References:  <20020826220454.P1757-100000@dhcp-402-55.san.rr.com>

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On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 10:10:49PM -0700, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> 2. Why doesn't `mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy` support long filenames so
> I can just work directly with the diskette? (e.g. I want to tar and gzip all
> the files on my floppy but first must mcopy them all to a temporary
> directory *then* tar and gzip the local copies unless you have a better way)
> 

in /etc/fstab:
/dev/fd0    /floppy   msdos   rw,noauto,longnames   0  0

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