Case sensitivity addressed in docs.

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@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ You can use this to keep a small-ish ```/media/fat/games``` directory on your SD
while having the entire history of retrogaming and a plethora of Windows 95 installations on your NAS at home
by overlaying ```/media/fat/games``` via NFS.
I told you there'd be dragons..
## Configuration
The preferred method for configuring the script is through an INI file that sits in the same
@ -108,6 +106,16 @@ began with teletypes and punch cards. You'll need to be more careful with it tha
the plain local SD card or you'll run into issues that may seem hard to debug at first. Here's a few
pointers.
### Case sensitivity
MiSTer runs Linux, which is generally case-sensitive but not in the MiSTer's default case using just
the SD-card for storage. The SD-card is formatted using exFAT, which is case-insensitive. NFS, on the
other hand, generally has a Linux/UNIX backing store which *does* care about case. This means that on
your SD-card ```NeoGeo``` and ```NEOGEO``` are the same thing, while they're quite distinct via NFS.
Ensure that you test your update scripts etc. carefully before moving your stuff over to an NFS-based
network share.
### Can't write to my network share
The MiSTer device runs everything as the ```root``` user. This is perfectly valid for an appliance