Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:14:36 -0600 From: Phusion <phusion2k@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FAT32 Partition? Message-ID: <c3ed3fdc0412081414137ad213@mail.gmail.com>
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I'm having problems accessing a shared FAT32 partition in FreeBSD 5.3. When I try to mount the partition, it says: bad FAT32 filesystem. I'll explain what I'm trying to do, and what I've tried. I have one hard drive, and I'm trying to get Windows XP Pro, FreeBSD 5.3, and Fedora on it. I want to have one FAT32 partition that is shared between all three operating systems. Here's the steps I've followed. - Install Windows XP Pro create a primary partition, NTFS - Install FreeBSD 5.3 create a primary partition, UFS2 - Install Fedora manually partition with disk druid, create a boot partition, FAT partition, and swap drive Here's what the partitions look like to Fedora. hdc1 ntfs (Primary) hdc2 bsd (Primary) hdc3 / ext3 (Primary) hdc4 Extended hdc5 /share vfat hdc6 swap When tried this way, the FAT32 partition is created by Fedora. The partition can be read + written to in Windows XP, and Fedora. In FreeBSD I can't mount it. Can FreeBSD 5.3 read FAT32 partitions on extended partitions? When I create the FAT32 partition as a primary partition I can read and write to it in FreeBSD fine. Does anyone have advice on how I can do this. If so let me know. Thanks. Phusion
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