Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 22:54:39 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, Scott Aitken <null0@pobox.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: fat32 read/write Message-ID: <20020404035439.C2111BA05@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <20020403150914.O56569-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <20020403150914.O56569-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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On Wednesday 03 April 2002 03:11 pm, Peter Leftwich wrote:
| On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Scott Aitken wrote:
| > Hi all, a few days back I asked about using NTFS in read write mode, and
| > the general feeling was that is is still "experimental". If I were to
| > convert my volume to Fat32, would this mean I would "safely" mount my
| > data read write? (I may have problems with fat32 on an 80gig partition -
| > I'm not sure). TIA
| > Scott
|
| With the mount command, it seems there really is no such thing as "safe."
Oh, pshaw. r/w on FAT partitions really works quite well.
Heck, I had no trouble with it seven years ago. I mean I was always a little
nervous but it worked fine for me, but by now it should be pretty solid.
Certainly it's never given me any trouble.
| Better, when in doubt, to mount ro (read-only) I would say. Join a mail
| list dedicated solely to NTFS and Fat32, lurk or post, research, stay
| abreast of the latest read-write successes on FreeBSD. Just my TC.
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