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Nadav Eiron wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, Tobias Koehler wrote:
> 
> > I'm currently using OS/2 v3, and would like to add a UNIX system
> > (either Linux or FreeBSD), on a separate disk, to be started
> > from OS/2's boot manager. Most of my data is stored on a HPFS
> > disk (OS/2's file system); will I be able to read it from
> > FreeBSD?
>
> Sorry, no.
> 
> FreeBSD can (most of the time) read FAT partitions though.

Sorry I said "yes" Tobias, but Linux can read hpfs, and I was pretty
sure that FreeBSD would include such compatibility as well?