[Discussion] FAT file systems

[Chuck McKinnis]

73357.3046 at compuserve.com wrote:
> I must have missed this along the way.  
> 
> 2 GB USB thumb drive:  Both MAC OS X and eCS report the file system 
> being used on the drive as 'FAT'.  On the MAC I can write and read files 
> with long file names.  But on the eCS machine, all the file names are 
> 8.3 and that's all it will write or read.  Isn't there some way to have 
> eCS handle the long file names properly ?
> 
> And a related question:  How do you get eCS to format a drive to FAT 32 
> ?  I see nothing about FAT 32 in any of the documentation I've read. 
>  (Or FAT 16 for that matter.  It mentions only 'FAT'.)  There must be a way.
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> Stratton
> 
> 

The best way is DFSee.

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