From: stolk@fwi.uva.nl (Bram) Subject: Re: DR-DOS and linux boot, 14 char filenames Date: 8 Sep 1992 11:32:30 GMT
Hi,
[Remy CARD on the subject of filename length:]
> Note that the limitation to 255 character is not really needed: with
>1k blocks, we could limit the file names to 1012 characters (the header of a
>directory entry is 8 bytes long) but I think that 255 is quite enough.
255 long enough?
Hell no...
Watch what happened to me...
This is a listing of one of my directories:
total 332
drwx------ 2 stolk 512 Aug 24 15:19 ./
drwxr-xr-x 14 stolk 1024 Sep 8 12:53 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 stolk 1581 Jan 26 1992 4d
-rw------- 1 stolk 2617 Jun 18 1991 authors.sw
-r--r--r-- 1 stolk 6224 Aug 27 1991 clock.exe
-r--r--r-- 1 stolk 3139 Aug 27 1991 clock.pas
-rw-r--r-- 1 stolk 2865 Jun 4 10:38 install.X11
-rw-r--r-- 1 stolk 6634 Nov 14 1991 models.3d
-rw------- 1 stolk 3954 Feb 27 1992 sigs
-rw------- 1 stolk 301325 Sep 8 1992 linux.src.ver.0.97.patchlevel.4.betarelease.use.at.your.own.risk.released.at.8.september.includes.mem_manager.filesyst.extended_filesystem.kernel.internet_drivers.and.X11.support.with_shared_libs_for_use_with_gcc.2.2.2.d.p3.tar.arc.zip.lha.zoo.arj.bak.old
Now at this directory I did:
% compress linux.*
And guess what?
'compress' messed up my files, because the .Z couldnt be added to the
filename again.
Could someone please remove that horrible 255 char limit? :-)
By the way, about something totaly different.
Are there any other people experiencing the same weird thing
as I do, when I boot Linux?
I get:
> oading...................
> L
The dropped L..., is it caused by the antique EGA-card I am using?
Take care you all, 'n keep up the great work,
Bram Stolk
stolk@fwi.uva.nl