> >   How come I get short filenames

> See the "-l" option for mount_msdos.  The default depends on whether the
> root directory already contains long file names.

> It seems likely that the disks you thought were pre-formatted in fact
> already contain long file names in the root directory.


  That makes sense.  The disks that worked already had stuff on them, and
the "faulty" disks were empty.

Thanks!


/m

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