[plug] Kernel-2.2.13 and LS120 and ...

[Kenworthy Family]

The advantage of mtools is it keeps the long filenames intact (often important
for java files etc as with project work, I do not have control over what
filenames etc others use.  I am currently transferring about 60mBytes in a few
hundred files of data back and forward, though not all is in use at any one
time/day.  Mounting the disk seems to allow only 8.3 dos filenames and I have
not yet come across a way around it.  It would certainly give more confidence
in what's happening if disk mounting and long filenames could be sorted.

BillK


blockley at environ.wa.gov.au wrote:

> I have been using LS120 disks to transfer files between home and work
> for about a year now and have not had any problems so far.  I have had
> more troubles with trying to copy a large number of files from a zip
> disk.
>
> I don't know whether it is mtools.  I usually mount the disk and then
> copy the files rather than use mtools.  This may not be an option on
> machines in student labs though. I only tend to use mtools for standard
> floppies.
>
> Adrian
>
>
>
> On 27 Oct, Kenworthy Family wrote:
> > Just loaded on 2.2.13 - No fuss so far, seems faster, not sure why
> > unless I selected something that I had not used before in the setup that
> > made a difference.  On the uk kernel site, mention was made of 2.2.13
> > fixing some file corruption problems but were not specific.  Does anyone
> > know of the details.  I am having non-specific problems with an LS120 as
> > HDD.  I use it to transfer files between home & murdoch uni.  chkdsk'ing
> > at murdoch often shows fs corruption of different types.  I suspect at
> > least some is caused by mtools and have proven another case where moving
> > the disk between NT machines at murdoch - transferred a couple of files
> > onto the disk, then disk unreadable on two other machines in another
> > lab.  No magnets in the case with the disks etc.  Has anyone else
> > experienced similar problems with LS120's.  They are getting quite a bad
> > reputation at Murdoch with many shying away from them due to cost and
> > the fact that the data seems at risk
> >
> > BillK
> >
>
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