BUG: SQL Server 6.5 Upgrade to SQL Server 2000 May Fail When "Preparing sql-dmo for upgrade" Because Path is not in 8.3 Format (291587)

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The Preparing sql-dmo for upgrade.out file contains the following:

usage: osql              [-U login id]          [-P password]
  [-S server]            [-H hostname]          [-E trusted connection]
  [-d use database name] [-l login timeout]     [-t query timeout]
  [-h headers]           [-s colseparator]      [-w columnwidth]
  [-a packetsize]        [-e echo input]        [-I Enable Quoted Identifiers]
  [-L list servers]      [-c cmdend]            [-D ODBC DSN name]
  [-q "cmdline query"]   [-Q "cmdline query" and exit]
  [-n remove numbering]  [-m errorlevel]
  [-r msgs to stderr]    [-V severitylevel]
  [-i inputfile]         [-o outputfile]
  [-p print statistics]  [-b On error batch abort]
  [-O use Old ISQL behavior disables the following]
      <EOF> batch processing
      Auto console width scaling
      Wide messages
      default errorlevel is -1 vs 1
  [-? show syntax summary]
				

The upgrade process was running the following command when it failed:

"c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\binn\osql" -d master -S 
L1QCG923 -V17 -i d:\program  files\microsoft sql 
server\mssql\upgrade\hotfix.sql -Usa "-P" -v 1252.
				

The following registry entry controls the 8.3 format in Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystemNtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation

A value of 1 indicates that 8.3 file format is disabled.