I haven't tried with early versions, but according to my Partition Magic
documentation, the FAT 32 format is compatible with DOS version 5.0 and
higher.  And on my Win95 and Win98 machines, booting to DOS (or a DOS
window) displays the 8.3 filenames just fine.

Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: Earl Truss <[log in to unmask]>

> At 02:32 PM 6/6/99 +0300, you wrote:
> >Do short MS_DOS filenames persist in FAT32, or FAT32 is uncompatible
> >v/DOS?
> >
> Short file names work exactly the same in FAT16 or FAT32 as far as I
know.
>

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