Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 08:35:54 +0000 (GMT) From: Eddy Deegan <eddyd@dreamworld.demon.co.uk> To: Free BSD Questions mailing list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Troubles Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971105083309.244C-100000@dreamworld.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971104192325.5217A-100000@luke.cpl.net>
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On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > I would assume it's because mount_msdos expects FAT16 but is getting FAT32 > > (Windows 95 isn't FAT16). > > > > > My HDD WD 3.2GB structure: 2GB partition is WIndows95 and 1GB partition is > > > FREEBSD. > > > > Windows 95 is a FAT32 filesystem and regular dos is FAT16. > > mount_msdos only handles FAT16. > > Windows 95 is only Fat32 if formated for Fat32. It also supports VFAT, > which is a slightly improved FAT, that can do long filenames. DOS however > can still read this filesystem, and I would think mount_msdos could as > well. (Though I could be wrong) > I think that if you mount a disk that is bootable under Windows 95 you'll get the error about the 'directory is not multiple of cluster size'. I have 3 drives in my system which shares Win95 and FreeBSD. If I mount drive C using % mount -r -t msdos /dev/wd0s1 /C Then I get the warning. If I mount any of my data partitions then I don't. I wouldn't use FAT32 anywhere... certainly I think FreeBSD would have problems with it as heaven knows what changes it makes to important sectors used by the filesystem. Eddy Deegan.
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