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by **N. Doetsc** » Wed, 05 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Hello,

sorry if this question has been asked before (newuser here):

I have a strange problem with linux writing to a vfat32-partition
normaly used by windows98. Everything seems to be ok as long as Im
under linux. When I boot w98 and look on that partition still everything
looks fine EXCEPT every File which fits DOS 8.3-convention is in capital
letters.

Example: Writing the Files "test", "test.test" and "testtest.tst" on a
vfat32-partition with my linux results (from the sight of w98) in the
files "TEST", "test.test" and "TESTTEST.TST". I tried another kernel -
no difference.

Bug? Rtfm (where)?

only for Im not reading this newsgroup regularily.

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confused :)
Norbert

by **Dances With Cro** » Wed, 05 Apr 2000 04:00:00

[posted and mailed]
On Tue, 04 Apr 2000 21:29:10 +0200, N. Doetsch

Quote:>I have a strange problem with linux writing to a vfat32-partition
>normaly used by windows98. Everything seems to be ok as long as Im
>under linux. When I boot w98 and look on that partition still everything
>looks fine EXCEPT every File which fits DOS 8.3-convention is in capital
>letters.

I think this is a Feature, as I've seen the same behavior on a WinNT/98
system when NT writes to the FAT16 partition. The rationale is that an
8.3 filename must be in caps, and if a filename can fit in 8.3, it should,
since putting a long filename on a file requires the creation of at least
one more directory entry in the FAT filesystem.

You *might* be able to modify this behavior by changing the options in
/etc/fstab like so, adding the "posix" thing.:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/win vfat noauto,user,posix 0 0

HTH,
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