Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 22:26:25 -0600 From: Ryan Thompson <ryant@home.com> To: Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au>, comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc@home.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.0-current and Fat32---HELP! Message-ID: <35F36071.9854BE27@home.com> References: <35F21C48.14D3717D@home.com> <199809070341.NAA18118@melba.bby.com.au>
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Gregory Bond wrote: > > 2.2.7 now supports FAT32, if that's any easier than a full > reinstall... > -- > Gregory Bond > ITG Australia Ltd, Melbourne, Australia Hi Gregory.. I did read the RELNOTES for 2.2.7 and saw that it did support FAT32.. However, I was committed to a full backup/re-install anyway, as I wanted to change some slice sizes on two drives. I was NOT able to get the install program to properly mount my FAT32 drive as an MSDOS partition. However, I was eventually able to install the BIN dist over FTP, then, WITH working FreeBSD 3.0 booted, I was able to then mount my IDE FAT32 drive as an MSDOS filesystem using: mount_msdos /dev/wd0s1 /<mount point> Then run the sysinstall and install the additional distribution sets, ports and packages from the existing filesystem. It still seems like the long way around, but at least I now have the full, working FreeBSD 3.0 installed, with the ability to freely use my FAT32 drive! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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