Ahhh... but the only FAT32 I have is the one with Linux
on it.  All the rest are NTFS. :-(

I suppose I can create another FAT32 partition somewhere.

Thanks,
-Neil.



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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Francisco Ares
> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 5:32 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]: Windows-linux file transfer problems...
>
>
> You have to mount your FAT32 as "vfat" so Linux can work with the
> Windows long file names.
>
> "mount -t vfat /dev/hdb0 /mnt/win" , for example
>
> Hope this helps.
> Francisco
>
> BTW, Linux is cool!!! ;-)
>
>
> Pic Dude wrote:
>
> >Can any Win & Linux expert help me with this problem?...
> >
> >- Win2K (NTFS) drive crashed.
> >- Mounted it as secondary drive to another Win2K machine,
> >   but Win2K couldn't recognize the partitions.
> >- So instead, I mounted as secondary to a Linux installation
> >   and it was able to read the drive and copy the files over
> >   to the Linux (Fat32) drive.  Verified that I can read the
> >   files properly once transferred to the Linux drive, and
> >   that the filenames and extensions are good.
> >- Now, I boot up a clean Win2K installation with the Linux
> >   (Fat32) drive as a secondary (now holding the recovered
> >   files), but all file extensions are showing up as...
> >         FILE1.{_1
> >         FILE2.{_2
> >   The filenames themselves are okay, just the extensions
> >   are messed up as <curly-brace>, <underscore>, and a
> >   sequential number.
> >- Booted into Linux again, and the file extensions are
> >   still good.
> >
> >Anyone know why?  All I need now is to get the recovered
> >files from the Linux Fat32 FS to a Win2K (NTFS) installation.
> >
> >Thanks.
> >-Neil.
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