Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 08:45:15 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> Cc: David Abdemoulaie <raven@dabdemou.campus.vt.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fat32 Message-ID: <36A98C1B.ECD0E28D@uk.radan.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901221605040.21964-100000@dabdemou.campus.vt.edu> <36A95125.C8B9848D@seattleu.edu>
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Eric Hodel wrote:
>
> David Abdemoulaie wrote:
> >
> > I have an important question.. Does FreeBSD support FAT32 Partitions? The
> > reason I'm asking is that when I try to mount a fat32 part. it doesn't
> > work, but a friend of mine.. when he install's freebsd it recognizes one
> > of his fat32's but I dont know if he can mount it or not. Is there some
> > 3rd party thing that you know of that would allow me to mount fat32
> > drives? One more thing.. How do I get it to mount my fat16 drives at
> > startup, i can do it manually but i have to do it each time i restart my
> > computer.
>
> Yes, 2.2.6 (2.2.5?) and later can.
>
It was introduced in 2.2.7 not 2.2.6. From the 2.2.7 Release Notes:
1. What's new since 2.2.6
-------------------------
Kernel features:
----------------
o DPT SCSI RAID controller updated (including support for EISA cards)
and is now enabled by default.
o MSDOS FAT32 (Win95 long filename) support.
> /etc/fstab will mount on boot
>
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> Eric Hodel
> hodeleri@seattleu.edu
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