From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Sep 6 12:06:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA14984 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 12:06:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [194.77.0.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA14978 for ; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 12:06:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.gtn.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with UUCP id VAA29591; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 21:00:06 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id UAA06226; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 20:03:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas) Message-ID: <19980906200305.A5669@klemm.gtn.com> Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 20:03:05 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm To: Terry Lambert Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fips doesn4t seem to work on a 32 Bit DOS filesystem (type 0Bh) References: <19980904104131.B7658@emsphone.com> <199809050656.XAA29059@usr08.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199809050656.XAA29059@usr08.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 06:56:33AM +0000 X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT SMP Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 06:56:33AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > DANGER. The VFAT32 layout is significantly different. It is, > effectively, using a stacker-type layout for block allocation > to resolve the fragmentation issues, and a number of changes > to the way the partition itself is laid out. > > A number of people have reported munging their Windows98 > partitions to death using these tools on their systems. > > The only product that I know gets this right is a commercial > one (Partition Magic). Thanks ! -- Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ? http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs) ``powered by FreeBSD SMP'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message