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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Copying CD file to DOS Partition?
Date: 10 Aug 1995 14:50:38 +0200
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Jim Smithson <jrs@tampa2.is.ge.com> wrote:
>But XCOPY failed when it tried to copy files which did not have the valid
>DOS 8.3 filename standard. e.g.:
> \ports\math\oleo\.mak
> \ports\net\wais\work\.com
I have no idea why they aren't dosified by the Rock Ridge algorithm,
anyway, as long as there are only a few names, copy them under a
different name to your DOS partition, start BSD, copy the subtrees
over to the BSD partition, and finally rename the suckers.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)