26 Mar
2001
26 Mar
'01
2:52 p.m.
On Mon, 26 Mar, 2001 at 13:46 +0100, d.casal wrote:
I know there is an easy way to do this (please?), but do I have to recompile the kernel again to support long filenames?
It sounds like you're missing vfat support (the Win95/98... filesystem hack for long filenames). To check if it's compiled in or not, do:
savs@oxygen:/usr/src/linux$ grep VFAT .config CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
If you see y, or m, then it's there and you can convince your machine to work properly. Check /etc/fstab to see if the device you are using is being mounted as type "vfat" or possibly "auto".
IF you see n or the line begins with '#', you'll need to recompile -- sorry!
proud I'm finally running Debian (a.savory's advice)
Another happy convert :-)
Andrew.
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