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Uppercase names become lower case on vfat volume

Problem

  • Directories and files that are all uppercase, become lower case on vfat volume, eg CVS becomes cvs or VIDEO_TS becomes video_ts.
  • Mixed case names are preserved, eg MyFiles stays MyFiles.

Cause

  • The vfat file system is getting confused.

Solution

  • Add the shortname=mixed option when mounting file system.
  • When mounting manually:
  • Edit /etc/fstab:
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