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Greg Mayman wrote:
>
> > Look into line that has "/dev/fd0" in it. Substitute "msdos"
> > (this is FS type in this context, not OS) with "vfat". Save the
> > file, reboot and look whether you now have long filenames in the
> > floppy. The floppy should be mounted on "/fd".
> 
> That's where it landed when I mounted it with 'mount -t vfat /dev/fd0'
> but I was told I shouldn't do that.

You are very welcome to use a partial mounting command
(I use "mount /fd" myself), but when you do that you
need to realize that Linux will go to /etc/fstab to
get the instructions for that mount.  At the moment
/etc/fstab tells Linux to mount /fd with type msdos
(i.e. no long filenames).  If you edit /etc/fstab and
change msdos to vfat, then your partial /fd mount will 
do long filenames.

Cheers,
Steven