[Discussion] USB installation

[Kaya Imre]

Thanks Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: Grawburg <grawburg at myglnc.com>
Date: Monday, June 21, 2010 10:59 pm
Subject: Re: [Discussion] USB installation
To: POSSI Discussion List <discussion at lists.possi.org>


> I have a 1 GB that I use back and forth between XP and eCS (1.2). 
> However, it is a Fat16 so while using it with
> OS/2 I can only do short file names.  With XP they can be long.  
> Therefore, if I want to use a file (like a Lotus 1-2-3
> for example) with both O.S. it must be a short file name. 

  This is not an issue since one can always zip the long-named files into a 8-3 file'
  and use it with the memory stick.
  
> I have a 4 GB that was formatted as a FAT32 that can ONLY be read by XP.

 My XP(Home-SP3) has no problem of reading and writing on 8GB USB stick,.
 
> Brian Grawburg
> Wilson, NC