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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:17:24 -0700 (MST)
From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: scott renna <flexble2547@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: FAT32/NTFS, external hard drive issue
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, scott renna wrote:

> I created a FAT32 parition on the external drive from
> /stand/sysinstall and dropped some files onto it.  I
> then moved it over to the win box to see if it could
> see it and sadly no.  Is there a way to set up
> pseudo-drive assignments from FreeBSD on a FAT32
> partition so that Windows can see it?

Windows can be rather stupid about what it thinks is allowed.  Create 
the FAT32 partition with Windows, and FreeBSD should have no problem 
reading and writing to it.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA