From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 16 06:52:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA16390 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 16 May 1998 06:52:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA [132.204.2.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA16377 for ; Sat, 16 May 1998 06:52:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA) Received: from epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca (epsom.JSP.UMontreal.CA [132.204.45.25]) by harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA08253; Sat, 16 May 1998 09:52:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outpost.nada.org (derby.jsp.umontreal.ca [132.204.46.26]) by epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca via SMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/JSP1789) id JAA27301; Sat, 16 May 1998 09:51:39 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 09:50:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey X-Sender: beaupran@outpost.nada.org To: "L. Floyd" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: File system compatibility question In-Reply-To: <355D32E6.96692EDF@sonic.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 15 May 1998, L. Floyd wrote: > I'm getting ready to reinstall FreeBSD on a new EIDE disk that will be > shared with Win95. To set up the 'dos' partitions prior to installing > FreeBSD, I use the Win95 program fdisk. At one point it asks whether I > want to use the more-native Win95 file system or the more-generic 'dos' > file system, warning that other operating systems may not like the Win95 > system. > > My question is this, if I use the Win95 file system (32 bit?), can I > still read/write from/to the disk from the FreeBSD world? Or will this > nasty warning that Micro$oft is giving come true? Nope! I heard than Linux Red Hat can however. FreeBSD can only mount and recognize FAT16 (MS-DOG) partitions... This gave me and other people already running on a plain FAT32 HD a lot of trouble;) > Thanks! No problemo! Spidey ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | A: uuuh, no, I won't give up meat. | | Q: Even if thirty thousand people a year are dying of hunger or of | hunger-related deases? | | A: No, I still won't give up meat. | | | "While people would starve elsewhere, 9/10 of the grain of the United | States is fed to animals, so we can eat meat. The result, is that we | feed pigs, better than many third world countries, feed people." | | Crass, 1982. | I promote vegetarism as a politcal statement against poverty and hunger, | would you dare to do so??? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message