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Date:      Wed, 3 Apr 2002 15:11:42 -0500 (EST)
From:      Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
To:        Scott Aitken <null0@pobox.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org>
Subject:   Re: fat32 read/write
Message-ID:  <20020403150914.O56569-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020403200443.GA90099@gandalf.scott.sh>

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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."
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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