Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 07:55:51 -0500 (EST) From: Gregory James Hormann <ghormann@indiana.edu> To: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (DOS) Partition Size / Cluster Size. Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970305075319.3038B-100000@wawasee.read.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199703050916.EAA28158@dyson.iquest.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, John S. Dyson wrote: > > > > > > Yes it does, and it makes FreeBSD's msdosfs code go bonkers. DOS can > > > handle it though. THat's why FIPS'd volumes are often ususable with > > > FreeBSD (you get the Warning: root is not a multiple of clustersize in > > > length or somesuch). > > > > Even though I never used FIPS, I still get that error when I try to mount > > a 1GB drive who's only partition is a DOS partition 1GB long. > > > Cluster sizes > 16K is the real problem. If you have such a filesystem > on FreeBSD V2.1.X, then it is best to use MTOOLS. Yea, but when your are running -current (before Lite/2) it shouldn't be a problem, but I already trashed / once by mounting that partition there. Greg. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQB1AwUBMx1tW6LNRJrnJUqZAQHPLQMAwnChtbIm7B3P//l0vy9+UoIH49wbb2px wCd5jlhqfLVu4RtQLKjTD8GuGllxO89w92lrOu2IqX8tsoov5oEU4bicDGgRbfkS hT5a2pXiqhC7gkzwtRdwQOKvgj2DYlJj =2jE8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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