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ericshliao · 12-05-2008, 05:04 PM

The vfat partition mounted on Linux system won't accept all upper case filename. It seems a general question that many Linux users will encounter.

The solution is easy:
edit /etc/fstab and add an option "shortname=mixed" to that vfat partition line.

It works on my iLiad.

12-05-2008, 05:04 PM	#1
ericshliao Guru Posts: 976 Karma: 687 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Dell X51v; iLiad v2	All uppercase filename not accepted in vfat The vfat partition mounted on Linux system won't accept all upper case filename. It seems a general question that many Linux users will encounter. The solution is easy: edit /etc/fstab and add an option "shortname=mixed" to that vfat partition line. It works on my iLiad.