file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

martinko martinkov at pobox.sk
Tue Sep 27 04:07:55 PDT 2005


jonas wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:57:28 +0200
> Kiffin Gish <kiffin at gish.demon.nl> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have a dual-boot laptop running on the one hand Windows XP (sorry)
>>and on the other hand good old FreeBSD.
>>
>>My question: is it possible to exchange data files between both both 
>>operaing systems in an easy and efficient way?
>>
>>For example, saving all my MP3s on a separate data partition and
>>playing the same music despite which operating system I am using?
>>
>>Thanks alot in advance.
> 
> 
> hi!
> 
> freebsd can mount ntfs read only and with limited writing support
> (see 'man mount_ntfs' for details. (should be enough for playing mp3s).
> you can create a fat32 partition which freebsd and windows can read and
> write, or a ext2fs partition and get a ext2fs driver for windows. i'm
> not totally sure, but think freebsd can write ext2fs.
> 
> bye,
> jonas

hello,

when i mount a fat32 partition some files have different case (see 
below) then in windows. how come ??

e.g.:

$ ll
-rwxr-x---  1 root  wheel    734 Mar  1  2005 a.txt
-rwxr-x---  1 root  wheel    649 Mar 16  2003 A.txt~
-rwxr-x---  1 root  wheel   1110 Mar 27  2003 b.txt
-rwxr-x---  1 root  wheel   2980 Jun  6 23:46 c.txt
-rwxr-x---  1 root  wheel   2475 Mar  1  2005 C.txt~
-rwxr-x---  1 root  wheel   2563 Jun 10 12:49 d.txt
-rwxr-x---  1 root  wheel   2561 Jun 10 12:42 D.txt~
-rwxr-x---  1 root  wheel   1015 Jun  7 00:25 e.txt
-rwxr-x---  1 root  wheel    681 Mar 16  2003 E.txt~
-rwxr-x---  1 root  wheel    602 Mar 16  2003 f.txt
-rwxr-x---  1 root  wheel    421 Mar 16  2003 g.txt

in windows all the files above have first letter in uppercase, that is 
"A.txt" for instance.

is this a known issue (why??) or am i missing something or what?

regards,

martin



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