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Long filenames + MS DOS 7.10 (Miscellaneous)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 17.06.2008, 13:52

> Hi ! Been trying to run the latest Bochs through DPMILD32 - per a recent
> forum post which said Bochs *requires* long name support (does it ? even
> if the Bochs config refers only short names ?)...
>
> Turns out I am not getting success under raw DOS (even no cinfig/autoexec)
> with LFNDOS v1.06 by Chris jones (yields DOS extended error 50 after
> listing any DIR, and the drive is no longer valid afterwards), neither
> does DOSLFN work for me (a DIR list yields no files found!).
>
> Is there a hope to have LFNs working properly under DOS 7.10, or are you
> all using only other DOSes ? Your kind hints sollicited and will be
> appreciated...

I vaguely remember LFNDOS, but what I remember is that it's not really usable. DOSLFN is more mature, and it's the only DOS LFN TSR which has been tested with HX.

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Complete thread:

• Long filenames + MS DOS 7.10 - Ninho, 17.06.2008, 13:21 (Miscellaneous)
  • Long filenames + MS DOS 7.10 - Japheth, 17.06.2008, 13:52
    • Long filenames + MS DOS 7.10 - Ninho, 17.06.2008, 16:23
      • Long filenames + MS DOS 7.10 - Japheth, 17.06.2008, 20:25
        • Long filenames + MS DOS 7.10 - Ninho, 17.06.2008, 20:38
  • Long filenames + MS DOG 7.10 | BOCHS - DOS386, 18.06.2008, 12:08
    • Long filenames + MS DOG 7.10 | BOCHS - rr, 18.06.2008, 15:44
      • Long filenames + MS DOG 7.10 | BOCHS - Japheth, 18.06.2008, 16:30
      • Long filenames + MS DOG 7.10 | BOCHS - DOS386, 19.06.2008, 08:25