From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 22 15:04:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA10766 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 15:04:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com (mailgw02.execpc.com [169.207.3.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA10761 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 15:04:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from deaven@execpc.com) Received: from pop00.execpc.com (pop00.execpc.com [169.207.1.114]) by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.9.0) id RAA23785; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:04:04 -0500 (CDT) Received: from tabby (androzani-1-145.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.95.19]) by pop00.execpc.com (8.8.8) id RAA04497; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:04:03 -0500 Message-Id: <199808222204.RAA04497@pop00.execpc.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Neal Westfall cc: richard strutt , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mounting fat32 partitions. In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 22 Aug 1998 14:19:18 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:03:46 -0500 From: David Deaven Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have also used the patch on 2.2.6 successfully. As an alternative to going to 2.2.7, note that 2.2.6-STABLE also supports fat32. that's what I am currently using. >This patch does work, currently using it on a 2.2.6 box. However, >2.2.7 supports fat32 out of the box. > >On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, richard strutt wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm using freeBSD 2.2.6 and want to mount fat32 partitions. I have been >> told my a number of sources that this is not possible currently. >> However, one kind fellow pointed me towards: >> >> http://members.aol.com/hyama99/index.html >> >> This patch for mount_msdos and the kernel seems to allow just that! >> >> I was wondering whether anyone has tried this patch with success or >> otherwise on 2.2.6, or whether there are any similar offerings from >> elsewhere. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rich. >> >> richard_strutt@hotmail.com >> richard@strutt.globalnet.co.uk >> >> ______________________________________________________ >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- ------------------------------------- David Deaven deaven@execpc.com http://www.execpc.com/~deaven To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message