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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Lars Poulsen   
   Re: Case-dependent file systems   
   07 Jan 26 02:09:54   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 00:27:30 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-06, Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 18:48:30 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I REALLY wish that I could get the Windows behavior as a mount   
   >>> option in Linux ...   
   >>   
   >> You can .   
   >   
   > That article is from 2019 and says someone has worked on a set of   
   > patches, but Linus Torvalds himself has vetoed accepting them into   
   > the kernel ...   
      
   They are in the kernel now. I have tried the new feature, and it   
   works.   
      
   > Note that all content is lost as mkfs will recreate a fresh   
   > filesystem, so you either will need to prepare in advance and either   
   > backup/restore or reinstall the games/contents in the drive after   
   > reformatting.   
      
   This is why you have backups.   
      
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