[wplug-bsd] Hello

[Mark Haney]

Hi All,

I'm glad to see that WPLUG has added a BSD list! 

I decided to switch to an open-source system for my primary desktop 
about a year ago. I tried RedHat, Debian, and FreeBSD, and FreeBSD 
was what ended up staying on my machine. I'm still interested in trying 
Linux when I can find the time, so it's nice to see a local forum where 
both Linux and BSD can be discussed.

I connect to the internet through a slow dialup connection, so I'm 
particulary interested in discussing strategies for keeping up-to-date 
under such conditions, and in sharing distfiles.

I originally installed 4.5 RELEASE. Eventually I upgraded to 4.7 and then 
4.8 via cvsup. I've also updated my ports tree via cvsup from time to 
time to access newer software. I ordered a 4.9 CD the other day because 
I want to start fresh and clean up my system. However, I wanted to keep 
my newer distfiles, so I burned a CD. All the filenames were truncated to 
8 characters (which I didn't notice until I had wiped out my BSD partition 
to play with Debian again for a few days!).

Does anyone know if mkisofs has a setting or option that causes long 
filenames to be preserved?

Thanks,
Mark Haney