From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 20 01:27:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA08110 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:27:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA08103 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:26:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.8.5/8.6.12) id LAA08765; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 11:26:11 +0300 (IDT) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma008762; Wed Aug 20 11:25:44 1997 Message-ID: <33FAA9FA.2D65@barcode.co.il> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 11:25:30 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Grandpa' 'enz" CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, bjorn@tfs.com, roos@tfs.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.2 and FAT32 filesystems... References: <9708191317.AA28858@bbcc0.TFS.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Grandpa' 'enz wrote: > > Hi, > > a collegue wants to install FreeBSD 2.2.2 on his new PC. It has been > setup by the manufacturer to use the whole disk as a Win95/DOS FAT > 32 filesystem. So, he should run FIPS, right? But, the FIPS version > on the 2.2.2 CD seems only to handle FAT16 filesystems. Is the a > FIPS32 somwhere "in the world"? Or, does he have to repartition the > disk and create a FAT16 Primary DOS partition? > > Will FreeBSD be able to mount FAT32 filesystems? I know it handles > FAT16s, but... > > Comments, directions appreciated... Partition Magic V3 (http://www.partition.com, about $70 IIRC), can do all sorts of magic with partitions, including converting a FAT32 partition to FAT16. > > -- > > +============================================================================+ > ! Jens Andersen - jens@tfs.com ! > ! Phone: +47 2289 8298 - Home: +47 6486 7379 ! > ! Fax.: +47 2221 7026 - Pager: +47 9672 8912 ! > +============================================================================+ Nadav