Re: newfs_msdos - Question

2005-06-16 Thread Ray Cauchi
ummm

actually, the Windows layer of Win98 could handle 256 chars for a filename 
- the DOS layer underneath was still limited

r

At 09:31 AM 17/06/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I've a question related to newfs_msdos.
>
>I bought a USB-Stick and formated it (FAT32) but I'm still limited to the
>8.3 DOS-Style for the filenames.
>
>Maybe I'm wrong but MS Windows 98 wich was able to use FAT32 was able to
>use 256 CHarackters for a filename
>
>So I got many ~ in my filenames and also extenders with more then 3
>charackters (tar.gz or tar.bz2) are a "littlebit" problematic.
>
>Did I missed something in the manpage of newfs or is there realy no way to
>handle longer filenames correctly?
>
>Kind regards,
>Sebastian
>
>p.s.
>Is somebody out there who formated a USB-Stick with FFS?
>Would that be possible? ,)


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Re: 3.7 CDs

2005-05-01 Thread Ray Cauchi
even on windoze...!?!
At 08:35 PM 1/05/2005, Todd Boyer wrote:
On Saturday, April 30, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> Something else... today I had a chance to checkout a new
> wireframe puffy tshirt.  The texture of them is incredible,
> blind people will appreciate the shirts a lot, heck they are
> just plain sexy.  We should have made a wireframe blowfish
> tshirt a very very long time ago.
Makes a plain sexy desktop too
http://www.autumntech.com/bsdstuff/puffy-desktop.jpg