[ILUG] Copying between ext3 and vfat

[Stephen Shirley]

Brian Foster wrote:
>  There are various Linux mount(8) options to
>  deal with some of these things (i.e., allow
>  them), but you want to _avoid_ those options,
>  especially if Windross will also be used to
>  access the filesystem. (IIRC, the manual page
>  calls many of the options “misguided”; and
>  they are not default.)

I almost always used the following options for vfat mounting:
utf8,shortname=mixed

The latter in particular prevents a lot of cranial pain, and i highly 
recommend it.

Steve