From owner-freebsd-doc Wed May 20 04:16:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA14962 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Wed, 20 May 1998 04:16:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gamma.aei.ca (root@gamma.aei.ca [206.123.6.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA14889 for ; Wed, 20 May 1998 04:16:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from malartre@aei.ca) Received: from aei.ca (aeiusrI-45.aei.ca [206.186.205.195]) by gamma.aei.ca (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA15186; Wed, 20 May 1998 07:16:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3562BB78.D7821062@aei.ca> Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 07:16:08 -0400 From: Malartre X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FDameronUT CC: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and fat32. References: <52a365b8.35624d23@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org FDameronUT wrote: > I have a PC with Windows95 OSR2 using fat32. I do have a 2 gig partition that > I wish to dedicate to a Unix like OS. My question(s), does freeBSD support > read/write access to fat32 partitions? > > If not, are there patches and how would I go about installing them since my > other partitions are fat32 and my only internet access is provided through > Windows? > > Thanx in advance. > First, the question should be forwarded to questions@freebsd.org. Here, its the Documentation list. Can you explain us why you choosed freebsd-doc before freebsd-questions? Second: FreeBSD do not currently support FAT32. There is a patch from NetBSD/OpenBSD but its really beta. Maybe soon, with the Win98 who use FAT32... So for now, FreeBSD do not support it. Malartre -- -------------------------------------------------- malartre@aei.ca ICQ #4224434 www.aei.ca/~malartre/ FreeBSD 4 Newbies project Windows_95-B Unix FreeBSD-2.2.6 -------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message