File & Folder naming in DOS mode (?)

[nylix]

Hi everyone!

I have just recently installed oleg for my Asus wl500gp and hit some snags along the way...

One of the main problems is that after mounting the external Hdd (Western Digital 300GB) that is attached to the Asus, the files and folders are all truncated to 8 characters like good old DOS 8.3 naming convention.

The following is registered in the partitioning table:

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/discs/disc0/disc: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/discs/disc0/part1 1 38913 312568641 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)

I have tried togling the DOS compatible flag (to unset it) and writing this to disk but it does not help (after unmounting it first of course). I would like to keep it on FAT32 since I can then easily use the Hdd on other Win32 systems if I need to.

Can someone please help!!!!!

[nylix]

When mounting the Hdd onto /opt, I followed the instructions in thread http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=5909.

In this thread, it performs the mount operation using the following line:

mount /dev/discs/disc0/part1 /opt

If I change this to:

mount -t vfat /dev/discs/disc0/part1 /opt

...it works a treat and all my file- and foldernames are back to their usual length including new files and folders!