Re: [MiNT] VFAT partitions

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:47:53 , Jens Riemann <peter.andreas.jens@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Additionally I don't think F32 has to be vfat although I'd expect most
> people to use it that way.
>
> LNX or MIX should be vfat as well.
>
> Greetings, Jens
>


My next question is, what happens if you set vfat on a ext2 partition ?
What does mint do ? Does it cause any issues because ext2 is always
long filename ?

The only way I can think of auto-setting vfat would be to read 20-30
filenames at random and if any one is NOT 8+3 then it must be a
long filename partition.

In 2015 should mint default to long filename except where a parition
is set to 8+3 in mint.cnf ?  A reverse of the current set-up.

Maybe mint should always set them as long filename and a small
app could be auto run by the desktop to set them as 8+3  ?


Regards,

Peter