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I want to mount a DOS 5.0 partition without messing it up with LFNs.

According to docs this only works if I use the MSDOS fs instead of VFAT.

But using MSDOS fails converting non ASCII chars.

If I mount this way:
mount -t vfat  -o check=strict,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,utf8
everything is fine:
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ  AßLAR   ÄÜÖßÄÜÖ   istdaskürzer  nochlänger
ABC         ÄÜÖÄÜÖ  äüößÄÜÖ2  longfilename  öööööööööö

If I mount using MSDOS
mount -t msdos -o check=strict,codepage=850
the chars aren't translated at all:
ls shows garbage:
??????  ?????  ??????~1  ??????~1  ?????2  abc  a?lar  istdas~1  longfi~1  nochl?~1

if piped through less, you can see it delivers the cp850 codes.

<8E><9A><99><8E><9A><99>
<8E><9A><99><U+139A><99>
<99><99><99><99><99><99>~1
<8E><8E><8E><8E><8E><8E>~1
<8E><9A><99><U+139A><99>2
abc
a<E1>lar
istdas~1
longfi~1
nochl<8E>~1

Writing filenames directly writes UTF8 codes on the disk (I believe, not
verified)

thanks

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: codepage fat mount msdos
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mount: codepage mapping does not work for msdos fs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1405684
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