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Date:      Thu, 27 Mar 1997 13:19:44 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Fernando Schapachnik <fpscha@ns1.sminter.com.ar>
Cc:        info@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installing from DOS partition (affraid to loose long names...)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970327131911.614D-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199703270536.IAA26066@ns1.sminter.com.ar>

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On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Fernando Schapachnik wrote:

> I have download the complete 2.1.7.1 distribution to a Unix machine at work.
> I have a DOS-formatted HD and I want to put FreeBSD on it in order to 
> take FreeBSD home (my Intenet connection at home is slow enought to 
> prevent me from trying ftp installation there).
> The *.TXT files instruct to create a FREEBSD directoy on 
> the hard drive.
> How do I prevent file names for breaking at 8 characters and loosing its 
> case when I FTP from the Unix machine to the DOS machine?

The archives are all DOS-compatible filenames.  The packages are the
sticky point -- in that case, note the original name, and when you copy
them to the UNIX side just restore the name.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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