[Discussion] FAT file systems

[Chuck McKinnis]

Chuck McKinnis wrote:
> 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.
> 

You will also need the FAT32 file system support.

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