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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