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Date:      Tue, 14 Oct 1997 15:09:26 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jim Service <jservice@oht.hydro.on.ca>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fat-32 Support
Message-ID:  <199710141909.PAA21535@pc-servicej-esg.rd.hydro.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <19970924081402.33633@poker2.northernnet.com> (message from Electric Head on Wed, 24 Sep 1997 08:14:02 %2B0000)

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>>>>> "Electric" == Electric Head <root@poker2.northernnet.com> writes:

Electric> On Tue, Sep 23, 1997 at 09:14:12PM -0000, tnadeau@mtghouse.com wrote:
>> Are there any future plans to support the FAT-32 file system
>> in FreeBSD? I currently own FreeBSD 2.2.2 and run Windows95 on an alternate 
>> partition. However, come spring when Windows98 comes out, I would like
>> to use the new Fat32 file system. I will not be able to do so if FreeBSD
>> does not support this type of file system.

Electric> Mtools does, methinks...

I have the new OEM win95 with FAT32 and mtools reads it OK.  (I did have to
get the latest version of Partition Magic as the vendor had formatted the
entire hard disk as one FAT32 partition and I wanted a partition for
FreeBSD.)

--Jim



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