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Help,os/2 doesn`t support long file name
Name: Shin Date: April 25, 2002 at 23:17:18 Pacific
Comment:
i successfully installed os/2 warp ver3.0, and then i tried to install another program but problem happened, error message "it can only install on partitions that support long file name"
Name: Daniel Drobish Date: April 26, 2002 at 17:04:30 Pacific
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You're going to have to re-install OS/2... this time format C: as an HPFS drive - NOT FAT. Or, if you've got the room, create a logical partition (D:) on your HDD and format it as HPFS... then you'll be able to install your application on D drive.
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Response Number 2
Name: molito Date: May 8, 2002 at 11:13:35 Pacific
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you can find some the solution in the IBM's os/2 page.
Summary: You don't say if you are trying to store the long file name from os/2 TO winX or FROM winX to os/2. It makes a differance. Going from os/2 over to a winX file system (win32), only 8.3 will work. Th...
Summary: According to IBM, "OS/2 Warp is an advanced 32-bit operating system that runs both 16-bit and 32-bit applications on systems with as little as 4 MB of memory. OS/2 Warp is a multitasking operating sy...
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