[ale] Debian help requested - vfat question

[pboyington at netzero.net (Preston Boyington)]

Hello Jim,

Monday, March 10, 2003, 9:51:46 PM, you wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Preston Boyington
>> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 9:54 PM
>> 
>> When installing Debian I included vfat to my kernel setup, 
>> but yesterday I copied some files to floppy disk and noticed 
>> they were 8.3 format.  

JP> Define "copied".  How was this achieved?

JP> -Jim P.

 I usually use Midnight Commander, but have also used Konqueror.  Both
 reduce my files to 8.3

 Haven't tried command line (not currently at my machine) , but I
 would wager it to be the same.

 Noticed it when copying to a floppy.


-- 
Best regards,
 Preston

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