Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 02:21:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> To: solskogen@carebears.mine.nu Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mounting msdosfs Message-ID: <200404260921.i3Q9Lq4x001328@mist.nodomain>
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 10:56:55 +0200, Christer Solskogen wrote: >> > I got two msdosfs(fat32) partitions on my machine. > I can mount them without any problems, but fsck wont work. > > # fsck_msdosfs /dev/ad0s5 > ** /dev/ad0s5 > backup doesn't compare to primary bootblock > > I did a clean FreeBSD 5.2.1 install(not upgraded or anything) > > ... >> I have the same problem. It turns out that fsck_msdosfs works with fat32 file systems created by Win98 but not those created by WinXP. I run FreeBSD 4.9. I assumed that the problem was that the fsck_msdosfs in 4.9 was not being kept up to date and that the problem was possibly already fixed in release 5.x. (I guess not.) Dan Strick strick@covad.net
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